[A case of transient amnesia caused by cerebral thrombophlebitis: contribution of neuroimaging to physiopathogenesis of transient amnesia].
We report a case of transient global amnesia (TGA), in a right-handed woman, which was due to a cerebral venous thrombosis. In our knowledge it is the first case reported. MRI and SPECT revealed the existence of a dysfunction in the right internal temporal region. Such a localization leads us to discuss the specialisation of each hippocampus.
Attarian
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Service de Neurologie, CHU Sainte-Marguerite, Marseille.
Michel
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Delaforte
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Chave
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Gastaut
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D000648:Amnesia, Retrograde / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002542:Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon