title: Acute Korsakoff-like amnestic syndrome resulting from left thalamic infarction following a right hippocampal hemorrhage.
abstract: Korsakoff-like amnestic syndromes have been rarely described following structural lesions of the central nervous system. In this report, we describe a case of acute Korsakoff-like syndrome resulting from the combination of a left anteromedian thalamic infarct and a right hippocampal hemorrhage. We also review the literature relevant to the neuropathology and pathophysiology of Korsakoff syndrome and anterograde amnesia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Hôtel-Dieu de France and Saint-Joseph University Faculty of Medicine, Beirut, Lebanon. rrahme@waln.org
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rahme
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Moussa
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Awada
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authors.lastname: Ibrahim
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authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ali
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authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Maarrawi
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authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rizk
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authors.lastname: Nohra
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authors.lastname: Okais
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authors.lastname: Samaha
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D020915:Korsakoff Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D013786:Thalamic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013788:Thalamus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging