title: Transient amnesia after coiling of a posterior circulation aneurysm.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Acute amnesia can be caused by medication effect, transient global amnesia, ischemia, metabolic abnormalities, and seizures.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A 56-year-old woman developed acute amnesia resembling transient global amnesia (TGA) after aneurysm coiling. She was started on abciximab for possible thromboembolic complications related to coiling. Abciximab was discontinued after she developed chest pain. Her chest pain resolved after discontinuing abciximab. She was subsequently found to have small medial temporal lobe strokes on diffusion weighted MRI.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Ischemia in the posterior circulation should be considered in the differential diagnosis of TGA, especially in situations predisposing to thromboembolism such as coiling.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. graffradford.jonathan@mayo.edu
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Graff-Radford
authors.forename: Allison J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Clapp
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lanzino
authors.forename: Alejandro A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Rabinstein
mesh_terms: D000077284:Abciximab; D020236:Amnesia, Transient Global / Q000209:etiology*; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000098:blood supply; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D038524:Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D004562:Electrocardiography; D057510:Endovascular Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007140:Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000925:Anticoagulants; D007140:Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments; D000077284:Abciximab