Mass on Left Cingulate Cortex in Patient with Localized Amnesia.
- Author:
Na Hyun KIM
1
;
Jae Hun LEE
;
Se Won LIM
Author Information
1. Department of Psychiatry, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Seoul, Korea. knappe@paran.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Localized amnesia;
Dissociative amnesia;
Cingulate cortex
- MeSH:
Amnesia*;
Gyrus Cinguli*;
Humans;
Memory
- From:Journal of the Korean Society of Biological Psychiatry
2006;13(2):117-120
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Localized amnesia is characterized by a failure to recall events that occurred during a circumscribed period of time. Localized amnesia is the most common type of dissociative amnesia. It is assumed that this is a disorder of memory retrieval. Recent neuroimaing studies reported that posterior cingulate cortex may play a important role in memory(autobiographical) retrieval. The authors reported a case of localized amnesia with mass on left posterior cingulate cortex.