Severe amnesia after hypoglycemia. Clinical, psychometric, and magnetic resonance imaging correlations.
OBJECTIVE
To determine the correlation between clinical, psychometric, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings after an episode of hypoglycemic coma resulting in amnesia.


METHODS
Detailed psychometric assessment, especially memory testing, performed with MRI in a man with severe amnesia after hypoglycemic coma.


RESULTS
Psychometric testing confirmed impaired immediate recall. MRI findings were consistent with a lesion in the left temporal lobe.


CONCLUSIONS
This is the first description of MRI in determining the neurological damage in hypoglycemic coma.
Chalmers
J
J
Department of Medicine, Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy, Fife, UK.
Risk
M T
MT
Kean
D M
DM
Grant
R
R
Ashworth
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B
Campbell
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D000328:Adult; D000647:Amnesia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007003:Hypoglycemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male