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A Case of Transient Global Amnesia: A Rare Diagnosis
Transient global amnesia (TGA) is a syndrome characterized by a loss of anterograde memory with a less prominent loss in retrograde episodic memory that resolves within 24 hours or less. In this report, we present a rare case of a 62-year-old male who presented to the emergency department with sudde...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8881234/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35233315 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.21637 |
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author | Ramjohn, Naresa S Kallan, Abubaker Qureshi, Mohammed A |
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description | Transient global amnesia (TGA) is a syndrome characterized by a loss of anterograde memory with a less prominent loss in retrograde episodic memory that resolves within 24 hours or less. In this report, we present a rare case of a 62-year-old male who presented to the emergency department with sudden onset confusion and memory loss. Prior to this, the patient had no significant medical or psychiatric history. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computerized tomography (CT) showed a normal presentation, and a neurology consultation ruled out any organic brain abnormalities. After ruling out all other potential causes, diagnosis of transient global amnesia was made. We present this case highlighting the importance of ruling out other acutely morbid conditions when addressing TGA, guidance on timing of imaging, as well as offering insight on other etiologies of this condition. |
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spelling | pubmed-88812342022-02-28 A Case of Transient Global Amnesia: A Rare Diagnosis Ramjohn, Naresa S Kallan, Abubaker Qureshi, Mohammed A Cureus Internal Medicine Transient global amnesia (TGA) is a syndrome characterized by a loss of anterograde memory with a less prominent loss in retrograde episodic memory that resolves within 24 hours or less. In this report, we present a rare case of a 62-year-old male who presented to the emergency department with sudden onset confusion and memory loss. Prior to this, the patient had no significant medical or psychiatric history. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computerized tomography (CT) showed a normal presentation, and a neurology consultation ruled out any organic brain abnormalities. After ruling out all other potential causes, diagnosis of transient global amnesia was made. We present this case highlighting the importance of ruling out other acutely morbid conditions when addressing TGA, guidance on timing of imaging, as well as offering insight on other etiologies of this condition. Cureus 2022-01-26 /pmc/articles/PMC8881234/ /pubmed/35233315 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.21637 Text en Copyright © 2022, Ramjohn et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Internal Medicine Ramjohn, Naresa S Kallan, Abubaker Qureshi, Mohammed A A Case of Transient Global Amnesia: A Rare Diagnosis |
title | A Case of Transient Global Amnesia: A Rare Diagnosis |
title_full | A Case of Transient Global Amnesia: A Rare Diagnosis |
title_fullStr | A Case of Transient Global Amnesia: A Rare Diagnosis |
title_full_unstemmed | A Case of Transient Global Amnesia: A Rare Diagnosis |
title_short | A Case of Transient Global Amnesia: A Rare Diagnosis |
title_sort | case of transient global amnesia: a rare diagnosis |
topic | Internal Medicine |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8881234/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35233315 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.21637 |
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