vertical diplopia


diplopia

 [dĭ-plo´pe-ah] the perception of two images of a single object; called also double vision.binocular diplopia double vision in which the images of an object are formed on noncorresponding points of the retinas.crossed diplopia horizontal diplopia in which the image belonging to the right eye is displaced to the left of the image belonging to the left eye (divergent strabismus).direct diplopia horizontal diplopia in which the image belonging to the right eye appears to the right of the image belonging to the left eye (convergent strabismus).horizontal diplopia diplopia in which the two images lie in the same horizontal plane, being either direct or crossed.vertical diplopia diplopia in which one image appears above the other in the same vertical plane.

vertical diplopia

Double vision with one of the two images higher than the other.See also: diplopia