title: Korsakoff syndrome following chronic subdural hematoma.
abstract: We describe a patient who developed Korsakoff syndrome following a spontaneous chronic subdural hematoma. The present case demonstrates persistence of both amnesia and confabulation long after recovery from the acute phase of spontaneous chronic subdural hematoma. There are few reports describing persistent amnesia with confabulation following brain damage. We considered that chronic subdural hematoma in the bilateral frontal and temporal lobes caused amnesia and confabulations, and these conditions persisted as a result of organic atrophic changes of both the frontal and temporal lobes due to long-term compression by chronic subdural hematoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Shimane Medical University, Izumo, Japan. inagak@shimane-med.ac.jp
authors.forename: Takuji
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Inagaki
authors.forename: Yoshiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shimitzu
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsubouchi
authors.forename: Isamu
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Momose
authors.forename: Tsuyoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miyaoka
authors.forename: Soichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mizuno
authors.forename: Toshiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kishi
authors.forename: Chikako
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yamamori
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Horiguchi
mesh_terms: D001284:Atrophy / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D020200:Hematoma, Subdural, Chronic / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D020915:Korsakoff Syndrome / Q000209:etiology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014705:Verbal Behavior