A Case of Viral Encephalitis with Disproportionate Retrograde Amnesia.
- Author:
Hyon Ah YI
1
;
Hyung LEE
;
Yong Won CHO
;
Jeong Geun LIM
;
Duk L NA
;
Sang Doe YI
Author Information
1. Department of Neurology, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea. sdlee@dsmc.or.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Viral encephalitis;
Retrograde amnesia;
Epileptic amnesia
- MeSH:
Adult;
Amnesia;
Amnesia, Retrograde*;
Brain;
Encephalitis, Viral*;
Humans;
Status Epilepticus
- From:Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
2004;22(3):259-264
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
A 44-year-old man showed recurrent paroxysmal amnesic attacks following viral encephalitis which, despite antiepileptic treatment, developed into status epilepticus. Interestingly, the amnesic attacks mainly consisted of amnesia for retrograde events. After recovery from status, he showed a persistent amnesia which was characterized as disproportionate retrograde amnesia for the past 20 years. We attribute the amnesic attacks in the acute stage to a transient epileptic amnesia and the profound retrograde amnesia in the chronic stage to status- or infection-related focal brain damage.
