Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Korean Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (대한자기공명의과학회)
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A Case of Anterograde Amnesia with Bilateral Hippocampus Involvement After Acute Glufosinate Ammonium Intoxication

급성 글루포시네이트 암모니움 중독 후 양측성 해마 병변과 전향적 기억상실증을 보인 증례 1례 보고

  • Youn, Sung Won (Department of Radiology, Catholic University of Daegu Medical School) ;
  • Kim, Ho Kyun (Department of Radiology, Catholic University of Daegu Medical School) ;
  • Lee, Hui Joong (Department of Radiology, Kyungpook National University Medical School)
  • 윤성원 (대구가톨릭대학교병원 영상의학과) ;
  • 김호균 (대구가톨릭대학교병원 영상의학과) ;
  • 이희중 (경북대학교병원 영상의학과)
  • Received : 2014.07.24
  • Accepted : 2014.12.10
  • Published : 2014.12.31
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Abstract

A 51-year-old man developed anterograde amnesia following the ingestion of glufosinate ammonium. Brain MRI revealed hyperintense lesions involving the bilateral hippocampus and parahippocampal gyrus, and the right occipital lobe. The mechanism underlying acute glufosinate ammonium intoxication and the differential diagnosis of hippocampal lesions are discussed.

본 증례의 51세 남자 환자는 글루포시네이트 암모니움을 과다 섭취한 후에 전향적 기억상실증이 발생하였다. 뇌 자기공명영상에서 양측 해마와 해마옆이랑, 오른쪽 후두엽에서 고신호강도 병변을 관찰할 수 있었다. 급성 글루포시네이트 암모니움 중독이 해마에 병변을 만드는 기전과, 양측성 해마에서 생길 수 있는 질환들의 감별진단에 대하여 논하고자 한다.

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