title: Bilateral hippocampal abnormalities in magnetic resonance imaging in transient global amnesia.
abstract: Transient global amnesia (TGA) is an isolated amnesic syndrome with normal neurologic examination. Patients remain alert and communicative with no loss of personal identity; however, they experience striking loss of memory for recent events and an impaired ability to retain new information. We report a case of TGA in a patient with acute ischemia in bilateral hippocampal abnormalities. This provides evidence in support of an ischemic hypothesis as the possible etiology of TGA.
authors: Department of Neurology, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100020, China. shanxilijian2004@126.com
authors: Jian
authors: J
authors: Li
authors: Wen Li
authors: WL
authors: Hu
mesh_terms: D020236:Amnesia, Transient Global / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged