title: Reversal of vision metamorphopsia caused by pons and cerebellum infarction.
abstract: Metamorphopsia is a visual illusion related to the perception of an object's shape, size, colour or angle. Reversal of vision metamorphopsia is a rare, transient form of metamorphopsia described as an inversion of the field of vision, usually a 180-degree reversion within the frontal plane. We describe the case of a 64-year-old male patient who first experienced a 90-degree rotation of the field of vision and then had the impression of his body rotating in space. The symptoms were preceded by disequilibrium, astigmatism and vomiting. Magnetic resonance imaging of the head showed focuses of vasogenic lesions in the pons and left cerebellar hemisphere. Magnetic resonance angiography of cerebral vessels did not reveal the left vertebral artery. This is the first described case of reversal of vision metamorphopsia with 90-degree rotation of the field of vision with accompanying disorder of the spatial position of the body.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Neurologii, Collegium Medicum im. Ludwika Rydygiera w Bydgoszczy, Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu, ul. Skłodowskiej-Curie 9, 85-094 Bydgoszcz. magy_mat@by.onet.pl
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nowaczewska
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Książkiewicz
mesh_terms: D020526:Brain Stem Infarctions / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009778:Occipital Lobe / Q000098:blood supply; D011149:Pons / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D014711:Vertebral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000097:blood / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*