Open AccessTransient global amnesia caused by painless aortic dissection
Author(s) -
Karl Mondon,
Claire Bléchet,
Alice Gochard,
Djilali Elaroussi,
F Fétissof,
A Autret,
Bertrand de Toffol,
Caroline Hommet
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
bmj case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.231
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 1757-790X
DOI - 10.1136/bcr.09.2008.0935
Subject(s) - transient global amnesia , medicine , aortic dissection , transient (computer programming) , cardiology , neurology , anesthesia , amnesia , aorta , psychiatry , computer science , operating system
Neurological syndromes secondary to acute aortic dissection (AAD) are uncommon and usually consist of focal deficits after an embolic cerebral infarction. This article reports the observation of an AAD with the chief complaint of transient acute memory impairment-that is, a non-usual stroke-like symptom.