Transient global amnesia and cerebral infarct: a case report.
Transient global amnesia refers to a sudden and isolated dysfunction of memory for recent events, lasting a few hours. The pathogenesis of this neurological disorder is still uncertain. The most accepted hypotheses concern ischaemic, epileptic and migraine causes. We now report a case of transient global amnesia associated with computed tomography evidence for a hypodense area in the left thalamus 10 days after the transient memory dysfunctions.
Raffaele
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Institute of Neurological Sciences, University of Catania Medical School, Italy.
Tornali
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Genazzani
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Vecchio
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Rampello
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D000647:Amnesia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D013786:Thalamic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D013788:Thalamus / Q000503:physiopathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed