Transient Global Amnesia Associated with an Acute Infarction at the Cingulate Gyrus
Background. Transient global amnesia (TGA) is a syndrome of sudden, unexplained isolated short-term memory loss. In the majority of TGA cases, no causes can be identified and neuroimaging, CSF studies and EEG are usually normal. We present a patient with TGA associated with a small acute infarct at...
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| description | Background. Transient global amnesia (TGA) is a syndrome of sudden, unexplained isolated short-term memory loss. In the majority of TGA cases, no causes can be identified and neuroimaging, CSF studies and EEG are usually normal. We present a patient with TGA associated with a small acute infarct at the cingulate gyrus. Case Report. The patient, a 62 year-old man, developed two episodes of TGA. He had hypertension and hypercholesterolemia. He was found to have an acute ischemic stroke of small size (15 mm of maximal diameter) at the right cerebral cingulate gyrus diagnosed on brain magnetic resonance imaging. No lesions involving other limbic system structures such as thalamus, fornix, corpus callosum, or hippocampal structures were seen. The remainder of the examination was normal. Conclusion. Unilateral ischemic lesions of limbic system structures may result in TGA. We must bear in mind that TGA can be an associated clinical disorder of cingulate gyrus infarct. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c9c0614e49c44e3ea4b2a9ec934d2a072025-08-20T03:23:59ZengWileyCase Reports in Neurological Medicine2090-66682090-66762014-01-01201410.1155/2014/418180418180Transient Global Amnesia Associated with an Acute Infarction at the Cingulate GyrusAlejandro Gallardo-Tur0Jorge Romero-Godoy1Carlos de la Cruz Cosme2Adriá Arboix3Unidad de Gestión Clínica Intercentros de Neurociencias de Málaga, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga (IBIMA), Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria/Universidad de Málaga, SpainUnidad de Gestión Clínica Intercentros de Neurociencias de Málaga, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga (IBIMA), Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria/Universidad de Málaga, SpainUnidad de Gestión Clínica Intercentros de Neurociencias de Málaga, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga (IBIMA), Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria/Universidad de Málaga, SpainServicio de Neurología, Hospital Universitari del Sagrat Cor, Barcelona, SpainBackground. Transient global amnesia (TGA) is a syndrome of sudden, unexplained isolated short-term memory loss. In the majority of TGA cases, no causes can be identified and neuroimaging, CSF studies and EEG are usually normal. We present a patient with TGA associated with a small acute infarct at the cingulate gyrus. Case Report. The patient, a 62 year-old man, developed two episodes of TGA. He had hypertension and hypercholesterolemia. He was found to have an acute ischemic stroke of small size (15 mm of maximal diameter) at the right cerebral cingulate gyrus diagnosed on brain magnetic resonance imaging. No lesions involving other limbic system structures such as thalamus, fornix, corpus callosum, or hippocampal structures were seen. The remainder of the examination was normal. Conclusion. Unilateral ischemic lesions of limbic system structures may result in TGA. We must bear in mind that TGA can be an associated clinical disorder of cingulate gyrus infarct.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/418180 |
| spellingShingle | Alejandro Gallardo-Tur Jorge Romero-Godoy Carlos de la Cruz Cosme Adriá Arboix Transient Global Amnesia Associated with an Acute Infarction at the Cingulate Gyrus Case Reports in Neurological Medicine |
| title | Transient Global Amnesia Associated with an Acute Infarction at the Cingulate Gyrus |
| title_full | Transient Global Amnesia Associated with an Acute Infarction at the Cingulate Gyrus |
| title_fullStr | Transient Global Amnesia Associated with an Acute Infarction at the Cingulate Gyrus |
| title_full_unstemmed | Transient Global Amnesia Associated with an Acute Infarction at the Cingulate Gyrus |
| title_short | Transient Global Amnesia Associated with an Acute Infarction at the Cingulate Gyrus |
| title_sort | transient global amnesia associated with an acute infarction at the cingulate gyrus |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/418180 |
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