Amnesic syndrome after carbon monoxide poisoning. A case report.
A patient is described who after a carbon monoxide poisoning presented an amnesic syndrome. The neuropsychological investigation suggests that carbon monoxide amnesia shares common features with hippocampal amnesia, namely a discrepancy between a normal Short-Term Memory (STM) and a hampered Long-Term Memory (LTM). CT findings in our patient showed both widespread and focal areas of demyelination. The correlation between neuropsychological data and CT findings are discussed.
D000328:Adult; D000647:Amnesia / Q000139:chemically induced*; D000648:Amnesia, Retrograde / Q000139:chemically induced*; D002249:Carbon Monoxide Poisoning / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000139:chemically induced; D008570:Memory, Short-Term / Q000187:drug effects; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed