Metamorphopsia

Classification according to ICD-10
H53.1	Subjective visual disturbances
ICD-10 online (WHO version 2019)

Metamorphopsia (Gr. "Metamorph" = "transform", "opsie" = "see") describes a changed or distorted perception of the environment or of oneself in relation to the environment, which is usually experienced as a perception illusion . Neurological or psychological disorders as well as physical diseases of the eye can be considered as causes of this subjective visual disturbance .

The following misperceptions are counted among the metamorphopsia:

• Micropsia (Greek "micros" = "small"): the surroundings or parts are perceived smaller than they actually are
• Macropsy (Greek "macros" = "large"): the environment or parts of it are perceived larger than actually
• Dysmorphopsia : Parts of the environment are perceived as distorted
• Teleopsie : Parts of the environment are perceived further away than actually
• distorted color perception, change in color

Metamorphopsia is one of the possible symptoms. a. the Alice-in-Wonderland syndrome .

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• Roche Lexicon
• Pschyrembel Clinical Dictionary, 258th edition, ISBN 3-11-014824-2

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