Photopsia

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

Under photopsia ( Greek ) refers to the perception of light phenomena such as lightning, sparks or fibrillation without a corresponding correlate in the outside world. These perceptions can be triggered, for example, by retinal detachment or a vitreous detachment . Photopsias can also occur in connection with migraines or epileptic seizures involving the occipital or temporal lobe . An almost classic form of photopsia is the “seeing asterisk”, for example with a punch on the eye ( contusio bulbi ) or a blow on the skull ( traumatic brain injury ).

See also

• Visual impairment
• Visual perception
• Optical Ilusion

literature

• Theodor Axenfeld (founder), Hans Pau (ed.): Textbook and atlas of ophthalmology. 12th, completely revised edition. With the collaboration of Rudolf Sachsenweger and others Gustav Fischer, Stuttgart and others 1980, ISBN 3-437-00255-4 .
• Pschyrembel clinical dictionary. With clinical syndromes and nouns anatomica. = Clinical Dictionary. Edited by the publisher's dictionary editor under the direction of Christoph Zink. 256th, revised edition. de Gruyter, Berlin et al. 1990, ISBN 3-11-010881-X .

Web links

Wiktionary: Photopsia  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

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