Transient global amnesia as a postictal state from recurrent partial seizures.
A 60-year-old patient had a 3-year history of recurrent memory disturbances. The video electroencephalographic (EEG) recording of one attack showed that the amnesic state, which clinically resembled transient global amnesia, was characterized by a normal EEG tracing followed by electroclinical complex partial seizures. We suggest that "epileptic" transient global amnesia is postictal in nature.
Tassinari
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Department of Neurology, University of Bologna, Bellaria Hospital, Italy.
Ciarmatori
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C
Alesi
C
C
Cardinaletti
L
L
Salvi
F
F
Rubboli
G
G
Plasmati
R
R
Forti
A
A
Michelucci
R
R
D000513:Alpha Rhythm; D000647:Amnesia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000295:instrumentation; D004828:Epilepsies, Partial / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D017029:Epilepsy, Complex Partial / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D014743:Videotape Recording