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Entomopia

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Entomopia is a form of polyopia in which a grid-like pattern of multiple copies of the same visual image is seen.

Key points
  • The term derives from Greek roots for 'insect' and 'eye'
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    from the Greek roots for " insect " and " eye "
  • It may be due to disease of the occipital lobe
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    Entomopia may be due to disease of the occipital lobe
  • It may involve defects in visual integration and fixation
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    defects in visual integration and fixation
  • It may involve incomplete visual processing due to poor visuospatial localisation in the hemianopic field
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    incomplete visual processing due to poor visuospatial localisation in the hemianopic field
  • Its causes are unknown
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    its causes are unknown
Symptoms
  • A grid-like pattern of multiple copies of the same visual image is seen
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    a grid-like pattern of multiple copies of the same visual image is seen
Treatment
  • Reassurance may be the only treatment
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    Reassurance may be the only treatment.
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Entomopia (from the Greek roots for "insect" and "eye"), is a form of in which a grid-like pattern of multiple copies of the same is seen.[1]

Entomopia may be due to disease of the occipital lobe, defects in visual integration and fixation or incomplete visual processing due to poor visuospatial localisation in the ,[2] although its causes are unknown.[3] Reassurance may be the only treatment.[3]

  1. ↑ Jaime R. Lopez; Bruce T. Adornato; W. F. Hoyt (1993). ""Entomopia": a remarkable case of cerebral polyopia". Neurology. 43 (10): 2145–2146. doi:10.1212/wnl.43.10.2145. PMID 8413985.
  2. ↑ M. B. Bender (1945). "Polyopia and monocular diplopia of cerebral origin". Archives of Neurology and Psychiatry. 54 (5): 323–328. doi:10.1001/archneurpsyc.1945.02300110007002.
  3. 1 2 Andrew J. Larner (2006). "Entomopia" (PDF). Advances in Clinical Neuroscience and Rehabilitation. 6 (4): 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2010-09-22.