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Hippocampal and Cerebellar Involvement in Opioid-Associated Amnestic Syndrome: A Unique Case Report

We present a case of opioid-associated amnestic syndrome (OAS) in a 46-year-old female with persistent acute anterograde amnesia and biochemically confirmed with fentanyl use. The brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) examination demonstrated symmetric restricted diffusion and T2/fluid-attenuated i...

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Autores principales: McConnell, Evan, Bai, James
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10524798/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37772208
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.44248
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Sumario:We present a case of opioid-associated amnestic syndrome (OAS) in a 46-year-old female with persistent acute anterograde amnesia and biochemically confirmed with fentanyl use. The brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) examination demonstrated symmetric restricted diffusion and T2/fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) hyperintensities in the hippocampi and cerebellum. While cases of cerebellar findings in OAS are rare in the literature, this is a unique case with corresponding images that demonstrate cerebellar involvement in addition to the more common hippocampal finding.