Recurrent transient global amnesia at high altitude.
We report the case of a 57-year-old man who experienced recurrent episodes of memory loss that resemble transient global amnesia (TGA). The first episode lasted 20 minutes, and the second was 8 hours long.
Bucuk
Mira
M
Department of Neurology, Clinical Hospital Center Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia. bucukm@yahoo.com
Tomic
Zoran
Z
Tuskan-Mohar
Lidija
L
Bonifacic
David
D
Bralic
Marina
M
Jurjevic
Ante
A
D000531:Altitude; D000532:Altitude Sickness / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D020236:Amnesia, Transient Global / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009051:Mountaineering; D012008:Recurrence; D012307:Risk Factors