12 Facts About Prosopometamorphopsia

Prosopometamorphopsia is a visual disorder characterized by altered perceptions of faces.

Prosopometamorphopsia is distinct from prosopagnosia which is characterised by the inability to recognise faces.

Prosopometamorphopsia is considered a face hallucination and is included under the umbrella of complex visual hallucinations.

Prosopometamorphopsia was prescribed rivastigmine instead which reduced the auditory hallucinations and reduced her visual symptoms.

Prosopometamorphopsia described the left half of people's faces as "out of place" and would see these distortions irrespective of whether the faces were familiar or unknown.

Prosopometamorphopsia did not report perceiving distortions in stimuli other than faces and demonstrated the same patterns a year after the first assessments.

Prosopometamorphopsia claimed that noses looked narrow and lengthened toward the mouth which looked small and rounded regardless of whether the faces were familiar to her or not.

Prosopometamorphopsia was found not to have any other impairments in her visuoperceptual performances, nor did she have any cognitive or psychiatric impairments.

Prosopometamorphopsia had previously suffered from recurrent headaches, passage hallucinations and zoopsia.

Prosopometamorphopsia perceived that people's faces would change to look more like caricatures of them and her perception worsened over time.

Prosopometamorphopsia had a history of epilepsy in childhood and had suffered a concussion several years before having this condition, though no medical evidence of seizure was found during distortions.

Prosopometamorphopsia reported that occasionally she would experience a pixelated vision, like television static and mentioned that these symptoms occurred several times a week with each event lasting from a few minutes to a few hours.