[Acute amnesic syndrome--patient's disorientation baffles a doctor].
We report a 53-year-old female patient who presented a sudden dramatic memory disorder following coronary and cerebral angiography. The patient was disoriented and kept repeating the same questions about time and place. Transient global amnesia was ultimately diagnosed using the Hodges and Warlow criteria. We briefly discuss how to distinguish transient global amnesia from psychogenic amnesia, transient epileptic amnesia and transient ischemic attack.
Orzałkiewicz
Zbigniew
Z
Wielospecjalistyczny Szpital Miejski w Bydgoszczy, Zakład Kardiologii Inwazyjnej - Fado. zorzel11@wp.pl
Kulińska
Katarzyna
K
Stencel
Andrzej
A
Orzałkiewicz
Beata
B
Hoffmann
Andrzej
A
D020236:Amnesia, Transient Global / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003221:Confusion / Q000209:etiology*; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000175:diagnosis; D008875:Middle Aged; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology