Migraine art.
An analysis is made of 207 drawings and paintings entered for a migraine art competition. All types of visual disturbances were depicted. One hundred and fifty-four of the paintings showed spectral appearances with fortification or teichopsia in 99. Sixty-two showed either a partial or complete hemianopic loss. Metamorphopsia was seen in 32 and pain was depicted in some form or another in 80. Situational or trigger factors were shown in 23.
D001154:Art; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010146:Pain / Q000503:physiopathology; D010151:Paintings; D012607:Scotoma / Q000503:physiopathology; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D014788:Vision, Entoptic; D014796:Visual Perception