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A case of erythropsia

2012 
: Erythropsia or red vision (from the Greek erythros = red, and opsis = sight) is a temporary distortion of colour vision. This phenomenon is a chromatopsia or impaired vision. It consists of seeing all objects with a uniform reddish tint. This vision symptom usually alarms the patient. It is a Little known process and is usually transient. It may be due to benign processes such as post-operative cataracts and drug toxicity or to be a consequence of more serious processes such as vitreous haemorrhage.
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