ICTAL METAMORPHOPSIA
The term ictal metamorphopsia comes from the Latin nounictus(thrust, blow) and the Greek wordsmetamorphoun(to change the form) andopsis(seeing). It is used to denote a type of "metamorphopsia (i.e. a visual distortion) attributable to a simple partial epileptic seizure or status epilepticus affecting specific cell columns in the visual association cortex.
References
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Heo, K., Cho, Y.J., Lee, S.-K., Park, S.A., Kim, K.-S., Lee, B.I. (2004). Single-photon emission computed tomography in a patient with ictal metamorphopsia.Seizure, 13, 250-253.