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 · Sharrah has a rare condition called prosopometamorphopsia, or PMO, in which parts of the faces of other people appear distorted in shape, texture, position or color. Objects and other parts...

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.

Mar 28, 2024 · Sharrah is one of the very few people in the world with prosopometamorphopsia, or PMO, a rare condition that causes a person to see severely stretched features with deep grooves on the forehead,...

Nov 25, 2024 · Demon face syndrome, or prosopometamorphopsia, is a rare brain disorder that affects how a person sees faces. If you have this condition, other people’s features might seem warped or scary,...

Mar 22, 2024 · Researchers suspect it is caused by dysfunction in the brain network that handles facial processing, though they don’t fully understand what triggers the condition. Some cases have been linked to...

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 distorted. Fewer than 100 cases have been reported since 1904, and many doctors have never heard of it.

Mar 22, 2024 · Computer-generated images give an idea of what a person living with “demon face” syndrome might see when they look at someone. Prosopometamorphopsia (PMO) is an extremely rare visual disorder...

Mar 21, 2024 · PMO is poorly understood, with fewer than 100 cases cited since 1904. Patients report a wide variety of facial distortions. While the patient in this study sees extremely stretched features with...

When faces or parts of faces are perceived as distorted, the condition is known as prosopometamorphopsia (PMO). “Prosopo” comes from the Greek word for face prosopon while “metamorphopsia” refers to perceptual distortions.