Visual Hallucinations

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Identifier 19800220_nanos_opticnervesympos_05
Title Visual Hallucinations
Creator Norman J. Schatz, M.D., Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
Subject Hallucinations; Ocular Region Hallucinations; Optic Nerve Hallucinations; Visual Deprivation; Migraine Hallucinations; Temporal Lobe Hallucination; Peduncular Hallucination
Description Unformed (simple) hallucinations phosphenes (sensations of light) sparks, spots, streaks, geometric patterns, shapes, edges and angles Formed (canplex) hallucinations are images of recognized objects, animals, faces, landscapes, flowers, scenes and people. Chranatopsias are hallucinations in which the environment is unifonnly tinted in a single color. Metachranatopsias color appears to change into another Macropsias and Micropsias - objects seen to be magnified or minified. Micropsias is often accompanied by Teleopsia, the sense that the minified object is far away.
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Format Creation application/pdf
Type Text
Source 1980 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting
Relation is Part of NANOS 1980: Optic Nerve Symposium
Collection Neuro-ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NOVEL http://NOVEL.utah.edu
Publisher Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Holding Institution North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Association. NANOS Executive Office 5841 Cedar Lake Road, Suite 204, Minneapolis, MN 55416
Rights Management Copyright 1980. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s63232fx
Context URL The NANOS Annual Meeting Neuro-Ophthalmology Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/NAM/toc/
Contributor Primary Schatz, Norman J
Setname ehsl_novel_nam
ID 182420
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s63232fx
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