title: Visual disorders, the prosopometamorphopsia and prosopagnosia type in the early days after the onset of brain hemorrhagic stroke--a case report.
abstract: Presented case report illustrates symptoms of prosopometamorphopsia (PM) and prosopagnosia, observed in the early days after the onset of a hemorrhagic stroke resulting from a complication of endovascular treatment of intracranial aneurysms and the use of anticoagulation therapy. PM is a visual disorder in which faces are perceived as distorted. The female patient described in the present study reported that faces she looked at seemed younger or older than in reality or as if they were dirty, swollen, or with a grimace. She also experienced symptoms of prosopagnosia, which is difficulty of recognizing familiar faces of people (e.g., of her husband and daughter). In the interview 6 months after the first examination, the patient reported spontaneous withdrawal of the visual disturbances.
authors.affiliation: a Neurosurgery Department , Medical University of Warsaw , Warsaw , Poland.
authors.forename: Aleksandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bala
authors.forename: Szczepan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Iwański
authors.forename: Jarosław
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Żyłkowski
authors.forename: Maciej
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jaworski
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Seniów
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marchel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020300:Intracranial Hemorrhages / Q000150:complications*; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D020238:Prosopagnosia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D020521:Stroke / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*
keywords: aneurysm; metamorphopsia; prosopagnosia; prosopometamorphopsia; stroke