Pure amnesia in a case of right thalamic lesion.
A 50 year old righthanded woman had a sudden attack of disorientation in time and loss of memory. On admission she was found to have a left pyramidal hemisyndrome and a small hypodensity in the right thalamus on CT scanning. Neuropsychological examination revealed a normal short term verbal memory and some impairment of episodic long term memory, which improved after 3 months and normalized completely within a year.
Foglia
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Divisione Neurologica, Ospedale S. Antonio Abate, Gallarate, VA.
Perini
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Vanzulli
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D000647:Amnesia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D013788:Thalamus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed