Dysmorphopsia
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Dysmorphopsia is a visual distortion in which a person is unable to correctly perceive objects, denoting a variant of metamorphopsia in which lines appear wavy.
Key points
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It is a variant of metamorphopsia where lines appear wavy.
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used to denote a variant of metamorphopsia in which lines appear wavy
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The illusions may affect only certain visual areas or the entire visual field.
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These illusions may be restricted to certain visuals areas, or may affect the entire visual field.
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It has been associated with meningioma tumors.
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It has been associated with meningioma tumors
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It has been associated with bilateral lateral occipital cortical damage, such as after carbon monoxide poisoning or drug abuse.
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bilateral lateral occipital cortical damage, e.g. after carbon monoxide poisoning or drug abuse
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The term comes from Greek words meaning bad, form, and seeing.
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The term dysmorphopsia comes from the Greek words dus (bad), morphè (form) and opsis (seeing).
Symptoms
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Inability to correctly perceive objects.
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a condition in which a person is unable to correctly perceive objects
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Lines appear wavy.
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lines appear wavy
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Visual illusions may be restricted to certain visual areas or affect the entire visual field.
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These illusions may be restricted to certain visuals areas, or may affect the entire visual field.
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| Dysmorphopsia | |
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| Specialty | Ophthalmology |
Dysmorphopsia, in a broad sense, is a condition in which a person is unable to correctly perceive objects. It is a visual distortion, used to denote a variant of metamorphopsia in which lines appear wavy.[1] These illusions may be restricted to certain visuals areas, or may affect the entire visual field.[2]It has been associated with meningioma tumors[3] and bilateral lateral occipital cortical damage, e.g. after carbon monoxide poisoning or drug abuse.[4]
The term dysmorphopsia comes from the Greek words dus (bad), morphè (form) and opsis (seeing).[1]
- 1 2 "dysmorphopsia".
- ↑ M.D, Orrin Devinsky; M.D, Mark D'Esposito (16 October 2003). Neurology of Cognitive and Behavioral Disorders. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198031482 – via Google Books.
- ↑ Safran, Avinoam B.; Sanda, Nicolae; Sahel, José-Alain (22 March 2018). "A neurological disorder presumably underlies painter Francis Bacon distorted world depiction". Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 8: 581. doi:10.3389/fnhum.2014.00581. PMC 4148635. PMID 25221491.
- ↑ Blom, Jan Dirk (8 December 2009). A Dictionary of Hallucinations. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9781441912237 – via Google Books.