Amnesia due to Fornix Infarction | Zendy

Shyam Moudgil | Zendy; Mouhannad Azzouz | Zendy; Abdulkader Al-Azzaz | Zendy; Marc W. Haut | Zendy; Ludwig Gutmann | Zendy

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Amnesia due to Fornix Infarction

Author(s) -

Shyam Moudgil,

Mouhannad Azzouz,

Abdulkader Al-Azzaz,

Marc W. Haut,

Ludwig Gutmann

Publication year - 2000

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.31.6.1418

Subject(s) - fornix , amnesia , anterograde amnesia , medicine , neuropsychology , infarction , corpus callosum , retrograde amnesia , neuroscience , hippocampus , cardiology , psychology , psychiatry , pathology , cognition , myocardial infarction

Background and Purpose-The fornix connects various structures involved in memory. We report a patient with anterograde amnesia after an acute ischemic infarct in the anterior fornix. Case Description-A 71-year-old female with acute-onset amnesia had neuroimaging studies showing ischemic infarction of both columns and the body of the fornix and the genu of the corpus callosum. Neuropsychological evaluation revealed anterograde amnesia without evidence of callosal disconnection. The patient showed marked improvement in her memory function on the follow-up visit. Conclusions-Amnesia in this case is likely due to infarction of the anterior fornix structures.

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