Open AccessTransient amnesia resulting from vertebral artery dissection.
Author(s) -
J Laterra,
S S Gebarski,
J. Chris Sackellares
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/01.str.19.1.98
Subject(s) - medicine , anterograde amnesia , amnesia , transient global amnesia , vertebral artery dissection , retrograde amnesia , dissection (medical) , vertebral artery , surgery , radiology , anesthesia , psychiatry
Acute transient amnesia has not been previously associated with vertebral artery dissection. We describe two men with acute onset of dense anterograde amnesia and partial retrograde amnesia resulting from spontaneous vertebral artery dissection. Both amnesic syndromes completely resolved with conservative management.
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