TY - JOUR
T1 - Thalamic amnesia mimicking transient global amnesia
AU - Giannantoni, Nadia M.
AU - Lacidogna, Giordano
AU - Broccolini, Aldobrando
AU - Pilato, Fabio
AU - Profice, Paolo
AU - Morosetti, Roberta
AU - Caliandro, Pietro
AU - Gambassi, Giovanni
AU - Marca, Giacomo Della
AU - Frisullo, Giovanni
PY - 2015/7/1
Y1 - 2015/7/1
N2 - Introduction: Transient global amnesia is a benign syndrome and one of the most frequent discharges from the emergency department that can hardly be distinguished from other mimicking diseases. No consensus in the evaluation of transient global amnesia has yet been found in the emergency setting. Case Report: We describe a 69-year-old woman who presented to our emergency department with an abrupt onset of anterograde amnesia, preceded by a similar amnesic episode misinterpreted as transient global amnesia. Neuroradiologic, neuropsychological, and neurophysiological evaluations supported the diagnosis of vascular thalamic amnesia. Conclusions: We report a patient who clinically fulfilled transient global amnesia's criteria and in whom nevertheless was disclosed a thalamic ischemic lesion on neuroimaging. This case report highlights the importance of performing neuroradiologic screening in the emergency department even when clinical history and physical findings are highly suggestive for transient global amnesia.
AB - Introduction: Transient global amnesia is a benign syndrome and one of the most frequent discharges from the emergency department that can hardly be distinguished from other mimicking diseases. No consensus in the evaluation of transient global amnesia has yet been found in the emergency setting. Case Report: We describe a 69-year-old woman who presented to our emergency department with an abrupt onset of anterograde amnesia, preceded by a similar amnesic episode misinterpreted as transient global amnesia. Neuroradiologic, neuropsychological, and neurophysiological evaluations supported the diagnosis of vascular thalamic amnesia. Conclusions: We report a patient who clinically fulfilled transient global amnesia's criteria and in whom nevertheless was disclosed a thalamic ischemic lesion on neuroimaging. This case report highlights the importance of performing neuroradiologic screening in the emergency department even when clinical history and physical findings are highly suggestive for transient global amnesia.
KW - ED
KW - MRI
KW - Stroke
KW - Thalamic amnesia
KW - Transient global amnesia
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U2 - 10.1097/NRL.0000000000000033
DO - 10.1097/NRL.0000000000000033
M3 - Article
C2 - 26075467
AN - SCOPUS:84942924051
VL - 19
SP - 149
EP - 152
JO - Neurologist
JF - Neurologist
SN - 1074-7931
IS - 6
ER -