Transient global amnesia as a manifestation of Epstein-Barr virus encephalitis.
A 43-year-old man developed severe global amnesia with uncinate fits and a single generalised convulsion 10 days after a febrile infection. CSF pleocytosis and serological findings indicated an acute Epstein-Barr virus encephalitis. All of the symptoms cleared within 2 weeks except for occasional generalised seizures. This seems to be the first observation of Epstein-Barr virus encephalitis presenting predominantly as transient global amnesia.
D000328:Adult; D000647:Amnesia / Q000209:etiology*; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000150:complications*; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male