Medial thalamic hemorrhage with amnesia.
Three patients had amnesia and confusion as presenting features of thalamic hemorrhage. They had a relatively benign clinical appearance and lacked characteristics of the syndrome usually associated with thalamic hemorrhage. We reviewed hypotheses regarding a mechanism for the amnesic syndrome and concluded that lesions involving the medial thalamic nucleus were responsible for the amnesia observed.
D000368:Aged; D000647:Amnesia / Q000209:etiology*; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013788:Thalamus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed