Transient amnesia resulting from vertebral artery dissection.
Acute transient amnesia has not been previously associated with vertebral artery dissection. We describe two men with acute onset of dense anterograde amnesia and partial retrograde amnesia resulting from spontaneous vertebral artery dissection. Both amnesic syndromes completely resolved with conservative management.
Laterra
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J
University of Michigan Medical Center, Department of Neurology, Ann Arbor 48104.
Gebarski
S
S
Sackellares
J C
JC
D000328:Adult; D000647:Amnesia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D014711:Vertebral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging