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Recurrent Amnesia Caused by Early Seizures After Hippocampal Infarction: a Case Report by Schlemm, Eckhard (author);Magnus, Tim (author);Rimmele, Leander D. (author);Münsterberg, Justine (author);Bester, Maxim (author);Kessner, Simon S. (author);Gelderblom, Mathias (author);Gerloff, Christian (author) is a scholarly article available to read on EtoBox.

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## Abstract ## Background We report the case of a patient with recurrent episodes of disturbed memory suggestive of transient epileptic amnesia, and a focal hippocampal lesion typically associated with transient global amnesia. We argue how careful consideration of clinical, electrophysiological and imaging findings can resolve this apparent contradiction and lead to a diagnosis of early symptomatic post-stroke seizures that links brain structure to function in a new, clinically relevant way. ## Case presentation A 70-year-old patient was identified in clinical practice in our tertiary care centre and was evaluated clinically as well as by repeated electroencephalography and magnetic resonance imaging. The presenting complaint were recurrent episodes of short-term memory disturbance which manifested as isolated anterograde amnesia on neurocognitive evaluation. EEG and MRI revealed predominantly right frontotemporal spikes and a punctate diffusion-restricted lesion in the left hippocampus, respectively. Both symptoms and EEG changes subsided under anticonvulsant treatment with levetiracetam. ## Conclusions Our report contributes to the current discussion of clinical challenges in th

Author
Schlemm, Eckhard (author);Magnus, Tim (author);Rimmele, Leander D. (author);Münsterberg, Justine (author);Bester, Maxim (author);Kessner, Simon S. (author);Gelderblom, Mathias (author);Gerloff, Christian (author)
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2022
Language
EN

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