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Amnestic episode caused by thrombosis of internal cerebral veins
Author(s) -
Förderreuther S.,
Straube A.,
Yousry T. A.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
european journal of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.881
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1468-1331
pISSN - 1351-5101
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-1331.1997.tb00393.x
Subject(s) - medicine , thrombosis , venous thrombosis , internal capsule , cerebral veins , cerebral infarction , cerebral angiography , neurological deficit , cardiology , angiography , surgery , radiology , magnetic resonance imaging , ischemia , white matter
We report on a patient who suffered an acute‐onset amnestic syndrome without focal neurological deficits and recovered completely within a fortnight. His symptoms were caused by a bilateral paramedian thalamic venous infarction due to a thrombosis of the internal cerebral veins, which was confirmed by cerebral angiography. Thrombosis of the internal cerebral veins should always be suspected in patients presenting with a longer‐lasting amnestic syndrome without any other neurological symptoms. Furthermore, the prognosis of internal cerebral vein thrombosis is not always poor.