title: Severe amnesia after hypoglycemia. Clinical, psychometric, and magnetic resonance imaging correlations.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy, Fife, UK.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chalmers
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Risk
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Kean
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Grant
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ashworth
authors.forename: I W
authors.initials: IW
authors.lastname: Campbell
mesh_terms: 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