title: Transient global amnesia associated with a unilateral infarction of the fornix: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Stroke is an extremely uncommon cause of transient global amnesia (TGA). Unilateral lesions of the fornix rarely cause amnesia and have not previously been reported to be associated with the distinctive amnesic picture of TGA. We describe the case of a 60-year-old woman who presented with acute onset, recent retrograde, and anterograde amnesia characteristic of TGA. Serial magnetic resonance imaging showed a persistent focal infarction of the body and left column of the fornix, without acute lesions in the hippocampus or other structures. Amnesia resolved in 6 h. Infarction of the fornix should thus be included in the differential diagnosis of TGA, as it changes the management of this otherwise self-limited syndrome.
authors: Stanford University School of Medicine , Stanford, CA , USA.
authors: Mihir
authors: M
authors: Gupta
authors: Stanford University School of Medicine , Stanford, CA , USA ; Department of Internal Medicine, Stanford Hospital and Clinics , Stanford, CA , USA.
authors: Molly A
authors: MA
authors: Kantor
authors: Stanford University School of Medicine , Stanford, CA , USA ; Department of Neurology, Stanford Hospital and Clinics , Stanford, CA , USA.
authors: Christie E
authors: CE
authors: Tung
authors: Stanford University School of Medicine , Stanford, CA , USA ; Department of Neurology, Stanford Hospital and Clinics , Stanford, CA , USA.
authors: Niushen
authors: N
authors: Zhang
authors: Stanford University School of Medicine , Stanford, CA , USA ; Department of Neurology, Stanford Hospital and Clinics , Stanford, CA , USA ; Stanford Stroke Center, Stanford University , Stanford, CA , USA.
authors: Gregory W
authors: GW
authors: Albers
keywords: amnesia; brain; brain infarction; fornix; stroke; transient global
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