Annals of Clinical Neurophysiology

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Transient global amnesia associated with multiple lesions in the corpus callosum and hippocampus

  • Kim, Jin-Ah (Department of Neurology, Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Min, Young Gi (Department of Neurology, Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Koo, Dae Lim (Department of Neurology, Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine)
  • Received : 2018.12.08
  • Accepted : 2019.03.09
  • Published : 2019.07.31
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Abstract

Transient global amnesia is a syndrome of temporary loss of short-term memory and is not accompanied by any other neurological deficit. Diffusion-weighted imaging is useful to improve the diagnostic accuracy of transient global amnesia. We report a 68-year-old woman with multiple lesions on diffusion-weighted imaging in the right corpus callosum and left hippocampus. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of a diffusion-weighted imaging lesion in the body portion of the corpus callosum.

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