title: [Acute amnesic syndrome--patient's disorientation baffles a doctor].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Wielospecjalistyczny Szpital Miejski w Bydgoszczy, Zakład Kardiologii Inwazyjnej - Fado. zorzel11@wp.pl
authors.forename: Zbigniew
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Orzałkiewicz
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kulińska
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stencel
authors.forename: Beata
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Orzałkiewicz
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hoffmann
mesh_terms: 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