Acute 'upside-down' visual inversion due to multiple sclerosis

Okuyucu E. E., Okuyucu S., KARAZİNCİR S., Akoglu E., Duman T.

Multiple Sclerosis, vol.14, no.2, pp.266-267, 2008 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 14 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2008
  • Doi Number: 10.1177/1352458507082045
  • Journal Name: Multiple Sclerosis
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.266-267
  • Keywords: metamorphopsia, multiple sclerosis, reversal, upside-down, vision
  • Hatay Mustafa Kemal University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

In a 20-year-old male patient, a 180 degree inversion of visual image was found as a manifestation of multiple sclerosis. Upside down reversal of vision is not a well-known sign in multiple sclerosis. Exact mechanism is still unknown. Lesions involving cortical areas, mainly the parieto-occipital region, have occasionally been documented. To our knowledge this is the first report of upside-down reversal of vision in multiple sclerosis with cerebra lesion on MRI.