An acute tiny left putamenal lesion presenting with transient global amnesia

Neurologist. 2012 Mar;18(2):80-2. doi: 10.1097/NRL.0b013e318247b98a.

Abstract

Introduction: Transient global amnesia (TGA) is one of the most striking syndromes in clinical neurology. Brain lesions producing TGA have been reported in the hippocampus, amygdala, thalamus, caudate nucleus, and neocortex.

Case report: We report a 63-year-old woman presenting with TGA associated with a localized lesion in the left putamen.

Conclusions: This case suggests a potential role of the putamen in human memory processing.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Amnesia, Transient Global / diagnosis
  • Amnesia, Transient Global / etiology*
  • Amnesia, Transient Global / pathology*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Putamen / blood supply
  • Putamen / diagnostic imaging
  • Putamen / pathology*
  • Putaminal Hemorrhage / complications*
  • Putaminal Hemorrhage / diagnostic imaging
  • Putaminal Hemorrhage / pathology*
  • Radionuclide Imaging