title: An acute tiny left putamenal lesion presenting with transient global amnesia.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Transient global amnesia (TGA) is one of the most striking syndromes in clinical neurology. Brain lesions producing TGA have been reported in the hippocampus, amygdala, thalamus, caudate nucleus, and neocortex.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report a 63-year-old woman presenting with TGA associated with a localized lesion in the left putamen.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This case suggests a potential role of the putamen in human memory processing.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Hanyang University Hospital, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Hee-Jin
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Heejaung
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Su Min
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Won-Jin
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Moon
authors.forename: Seol-Heui
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Han
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D020236:Amnesia, Transient Global / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011699:Putamen / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D020146:Putaminal Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging