title: Transient global amnesia associated with a right sphenoid ridge meningioma: a case report.
abstract: Transient global amnesia is a self-limited disorder and is regarded as a benign syndrome of vascular etiology. We described a 65-year-old woman who experienced a single episode of transient global amnesia and subsequently developed a right hemispheric syndrome and permanent loss of recent memory. Neuroradiologic investigations and surgical operations revealed a right sphenoid ridge meningioma. Although the syndrome is most often benign, the possibility of mass lesion should be carefully assessed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, R.O.C.
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Po
authors.forename: I H
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Hseuh
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000647:Amnesia / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D008579:Meningioma / Q000150:complications*; D013100:Sphenoid Bone