title: [Hippocampal stroke].
abstract: Unilateral cerebral ischemia of the hippocampus is very rare. This paper reviews the literature and presents the case of a 59-year-old woman with an amnestic syndrome due to a left hippocampal stroke. The patient suffered from retrograde amnesia which was most severe over the 2 days prior to presenting and a slight anterograde amnesia. In addition, a verbal memory disorder was confirmed 1 week after admission by neurological tests. As risk factors, arterial hypertension and a relative hyper-beta lipoproteinemia were found. This case shows that unilateral amnestic stroke, e.g. in the hippocampus region, may be the cause of an amnestic syndrome and should be included in the differential diagnostics.
authors.affiliation: Institut für neurorehabilitative Forschung (InFo) der BDH-Klinik Hessisch Oldendorf gGmbH, Neurologisches Zentrum mit Intensivmedizin, Stroke Unit und phasenübergreifender Rehabilitation, Akademisches Lehrkrankenhaus der Medizinischen Hochschule Hannover (MHH), Greitstr. 18-28, 31840, Hessisch Oldendorf, Deutschland, prof.rollnik@bdh-klinik-hessisch-oldendorf.de.
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Rollnik
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Traitel
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dietrich
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Lenz
mesh_terms: D000647:Amnesia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*