ANATOMOCLINICAL STUDY OF A CASE WITH META MORPHOPSIA RESTRICTED TO FACES AND FAMILIAR OBJECTS

The case of a 19-year old patient suffering of transient metamorphopsi a restricted to familiar faces and familiar objects is reported. This clinical sign resulted from a small right occipitotemporal haemorrhage due to a sub-cortical metastasis. The patient claimed that faces are distorded and look more pleasant. There were neither visual field defe cts nor visual agnosia. MRI revealed a small high signal area in the r ight fusiform gyrus. The structural and functional aspects of the meta morphopsia are documented and discussed in relation to aperceptive pro sopagnosia. More specifically, it is suggested that facial metamorphop sia and aperceptive prosopagnosia express the same underlying disorder differing only in terms of severity.