Long-Term Retrograde Global Amnesia Following Minor Trauma

30 November 2022 : Case report Denmark

Unusual clinical course, Challenging differential diagnosis

Christina Stilling^1EF*, Balázs Pazdera^1CD, Annette Bennedsgaard Jespersen^2B, Tue Hartmann^1BC, Andreas Halgreen Eiset

^13AEFG

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.937845

Am J Case Rep 2022; 23:e937845

Background Case Report Discussion Conclusions References:

Related articles Order reprints Share article Share by email

View HTML version

Table 1. Timeline for examinations and considerations.

Day	Event or examination	Considerations
0–2	Minor head trauma, brought to the ER by ambulance. CT scans (cerebrum, thorax, abdomen and pelvis), MRI (cerebrum), somatic and neurologic examination	Apoplexy, transient global amnesia, concussion, tumor of frontal lope, transient epileptic amnesia excluded
11	Neurologic examination, MMSE	Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome excluded
19	EEG	Non-convulsive status epilepticus excluded
77	MRI repeated	No diffuse lesions, brain damage excluded
^* Mini-Mental State Examination.

Back to the Article