Mar 22, 2024 · Sharrah, who is now 59 and lives in Clarksville, Tennessee, was later diagnosed with prosopometamorphopsia, or PMO, an extremely rare neurological disorder that causes human faces to appear...

Mar 22, 2024 · A man with a rare condition called prosopometamorphopsia, or PMO, in which faces are distorted shares his vision of the “demons” he sees when he looks at people’s faces.

Mar 21, 2024 · Now, thanks to a new study, you can see through the eyes of someone with this rare condition. Relying on feedback from a 58-year-old man who has had PMO for nearly three years, researchers at...

Prosopometamorphopsia (PMO), [1] also known as demon face syndrome, [2] is a neurological disorder characterized by altered perceptions of faces. In the perception of a person with the disorder, facial features are distorted in a variety of ways including drooping, swelling, discoloration, and shifts of position.

Dec 14, 2023 · Smith has a rare condition called prosopometamorphopsia (PMO), in which faces appear distorted in shape, texture, position or color.

Mar 29, 2024 · A recent case study published in The Lancet details a single patient diagnosed with prosopometamorphopsia (PMO), a neurological disorder of visual perception in which faces appear distorted in shape, texture, position, or color.

Mar 22, 2024 · The distortions can affect the shape, size, color, and position of facial features, and PMO can last for days, weeks, or even years. A new Dartmouth study published in the “Clinical Pictures” section of The Lancet reports on a unique case of a patient with PMO.

Mar 22, 2024 · Prosopometamorphopsia is a rare neurologic disorder of visual perception in which facial features appear altered in shape, texture, position, or color. Face processing depends on a complex...

Mar 28, 2024 · A new study analyzes one specific case of PMO where a patient was able to see faces normally on digital screens and paper but were a distorted mess when seen in person.

May 6, 2024 · Prosopometamorphopsia - or PMO - is an extremely rare visual condition that distorts faces. Until now, it's been an extremely difficult condition to research and accurately represent.