Diplopia

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Synonyms: Diplopia

ICD-10: H53.2

Diplopia refers to the symptom of double vision. Double images are classified as being along the same axis, or as horizontal, vertical, or diagonal relative to one another. The causes of diplopia are very broad1. Diplopia usually does not occur as an isolated symptom, but rather as part of a symptom complex characteristic of the underlying cause.

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Diplopia
Schematic illustration of cranial nerve deficits causing diplopia. Figure adapted from Low et al. BMJ 2015.

References

    1. Low, Liying, Waqaar Shah, and Caroline J. MacEwen. "Double vision." BMJ: British Medical Journal 351 (2015): h5385. ↩ ↩

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