Transient global amnesia followed by vertebrobasilar ischemia in a case of dolichoectatic basilar artery.
A 59-year-old hypertensive patient presented with transient global amnesia without neurological signs or symptoms. During the following 3 years, he experienced several attacks of vertebrobasilar insufficiency and a cerebellar infarction. CT scan and MRI found a partially thrombosed dolichoectatic basilar artery but no significant lesion within the limbic system. These data suggest transient global amnesia was due to a transient ischemia in the basilar artery distribution.
Milandre
L
L
Department of Neurology, CHU Timone, Marseille, France.
Donnet
A
A
Rumeau
C
C
Cherif
A A
AA
Khalil
R
R
D000647:Amnesia / Q000209:etiology*; D001488:Basilar Artery / Q000002:abnormalities*; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000098:blood supply; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000150:complications; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014715:Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis