Amnesia with hippocampal lesions after cardiopulmonary arrest.
A patient developed an amnesic syndrome after cardiopulmonary arrest. Neuropathologic examination revealed pronounced anoxic injury to both hippocampi with little damage to other hemisphere structures. The clinical and pathologic findings suggest that lesions limited to the hippocampus can cause profound amnesia.
D000647:Amnesia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D002534:Hypoxia, Brain / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged