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A case with visual perseveration and metamorphopsia associated with left brain infarction Kazuki Matsuura 1 , Yuki Terasaka 1 , Shinya Imaoka 1 1Department of Ophthalmology, Nojima Hospital pp.363-367
Published Date 2023/3/15
DOI https://doi.org/10.11477/mf.1410214743
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Abstract Purpose:Visual perseveration(palinopsia, polyopia)is defined as persistence or recurrence of a visual image when the stimulus is no longer present. Among them, palinopsia is visual distortion in which images persist or recur after visual stimulus has been removed. Polyopia is multiple copies of a percept in space. We report a case with visual perseveration and metamorphopsia associated with left brain infarction.

Case presentation:A 78-year-old man noticed that the moving images looked like a series of strobe photo(polyopia). Left homonymous hemianopia was observed. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed an acute infarction in the right occipital lobe with edema. Following this diagnosis, he noticed recurring images of a car seen several hours ago(palinopsia), and visual distortion of the left side of another individual's face(metamorphopsia).

Findings:Visual perseveration is a rare phenomenon, that appears on the opposite side of brain damage in the occipital lobe. The responsible lesion for metamorphopsia is the area from splenium of the corpus callosum to the occipital lobe. The mechanism of visual perseveration and metamorphopsia has not been fully explained.

Conclusions:Diagnosis and treatment may be left to the neurologist, since definite pathophysiology of higher visual dysfunction is difficult for general ophthalmologists. However, since even neurologists may not be familiar with visual perseveration:therefore, ophthalmologists need to refer the patients at the right time with the appropriate comments.


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