[Post-traumatic retrograde amnesia].
A case of post traumatic retrograde amnesia is described. The patient presented after an initial coma a global amnesia, but the fixation deficit rapidly disappeared, and a severe retrograde amnesia dating back to childhood experience and learning remained the main symptom. Amnesia for remote events was associated with didactic memory deficit and, at a lesser degree, with a verbal memory deficit. Recovery of fixation allowed a progressive relearning. This pattern of impairment was recently related to mesencephalic lesions, but we think that the role of temporal lobe involvement cannot be neglected.
D000328:Adult; D000647:Amnesia / Q000209:etiology*; D000648:Amnesia, Retrograde / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011581:Psychological Tests; D014888:Wechsler Scales
Amnesie retrograde post traumatique.