Acute exacerbation of multiple sclerosis presenting with facial metamorphopsia and palinopsia.
We discuss the case of a patient with a known history of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS) who presented with the isolated complaint of altered visual perception in the absence of abnormalities on ophthalmological examination. To the best of the authors' knowledge, this is the first documented case of both facial metamorphopsia and palinopsia occurring as the symptoms of demyelinating brain lesions consistent with an acute MS exacerbation. These symptoms appear to be related to active demyelination that either involved the optic radiations in the visual pathway or the visual association area in the temporo-occipital region of the left hemisphere.
NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA. da446@med.nyu.edu
Deepti
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Anbarasan
Jonathan
J
Howard
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005145:Face; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D020529:Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009778:Occipital Lobe / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D010468:Perceptual Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014795:Visual Pathways / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology