xanthopsia

(zænˈθɒpsɪə)

(Pathology) pathol an eye condition in which objects appear yellow

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xanthopsia - visual defect in which objects appear to have a yellowish hue; sometimes occurs in cases of jaundice

vision defect, visual defect, visual disorder, visual impairment - impairment of the sense of sight

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Yamda,[5] et al studied 53 patients of central serous chorioretinopathy and the commonest presenting complaint in their study was relative scotoma (58%), followed by blurring of vision (34%), metamorphopsia (18%), micropsia (13.2%) and xanthopsia (5.7%), which is approximately similar to our study except that we found blurring of vision as the most common complaint and no patient in our study complained of xanthopsia.

Role of optical coherence tomography in central serous chorioretinopathy

Symptomatic colour vision disturbances, for example, xanthopsia, are found in up to 15% of intoxicated patients, although formal testing reveals a much higher incidence of colour deficiency.

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