Acute Reversal of Vision Metamorphopsia: Report of Two Cases

Authors

  • Francisco de Assis Aquino Gondim Hospital Universitário Walter Cantídio
  • Davi Farias de Araújo Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)
  • Paulo Marcelo Gondim Sales Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12662/2317-3076jhbs.v2i4.97.p224-226.2014

Keywords:

Vision disorders, Metamorphopsia, Brainstem infarction

Abstract

Purpose: Acute reversal of vision metamorphopsia (RVM) is a rare, paroxysmal, sudden and transient vertical inversion of vision, also known as floor-on-the-ceiling phenomenon. Its pathogenesis is uncertain, but it may due to transient impairment of vestibular projections to the parietal lobes. Case description: Here we present a case of a 60 year-old man with a right paramedian pontine stroke developed episodes of upside-down reversal of vision during transition from awake to sleep time (hypnagogic acute reversal of vision metamorphopsia) that subsided after treatment with gabapentin.

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Author Biography

Davi Farias de Araújo, Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)

É graduando em Medicina na Universidade Federal do Ceará (Famed-UFC). Atualmente, participa de diversas pesquisas em neurologia nos Ambulatórios de Neurologia e de Gastroenterologia do Hospital Universitário Walter Cantídeo (HUWC-UFC) sob a orientação do Prof. Dr. Francisco de Assis Aquino Gondim. É monitor voluntário de neurofisiologia do Departamento de Fisiologia e Farmacologia da UFC, bolsista do CNPq pelo PIBIC-UFC e presidente da Liga Acadêmica de Neurociências (NEUROLIGA-UFC) desde outubro de 2013 e da Liga Cearense de Neurologia e Neurocirurgia (LICENNE) desde fevereiro de 2014.

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Published

2014-12-18

How to Cite

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Gondim F de AA, de Araújo DF, Sales PMG. Acute Reversal of Vision Metamorphopsia: Report of Two Cases. J Health Biol Sci. [Internet]. 2014 Dec. 18 [cited 2024 Jul. 3];2(4):224-6. Available from: https://periodicos.unichristus.edu.br/jhbs/article/view/97

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 4 (2014): Journal of Health and Biological Sciences

Section

Case Report

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