A Clinical Study of Transient Global Amnesia.
- Author:
Kyung Kyu CHOI
1
Author Information
1. Departmemt of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Ewha Woman's University.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH:
Amnesia;
Amnesia, Transient Global*;
Brain;
Cerebrum;
Diabetes Mellitus;
Hemorrhage;
Humans;
Hypertension;
Infarction;
Ischemic Attack, Transient
- From:Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
1988;6(2):139-144
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
I studied 10 patients with transient global amnesia (TGA). On the C-T Brain Scan, 8 patients were normal and 1 patient had an old infarction in the right cerebral hemisphere and 1 patient had right medial thalamic hemorrhage. Electronencephalography was taken in 8 patients who were normal in C-T Brain Scan and the results were normal in all patients. Durations of amnesia were no longer than 6 hours in all patients except 1 patient that had amnesia for 6 days. Associated conditions and diseases with TGA patients were hypertension (in 5 patients), hypertrigliceridemia (in 4 Patients), cardiac arrthmia (in 2 patients), transient ischemic attack (in 1 patient) and diabetes mellitus (in 1 patient).
