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Disease Information for Transient global amnesia

Clinical Manifestations

Signs & Symptoms

Amnesia/event, retrograde/antegrade

Blackouts/Event amnesia/temporary

Jamais Vu/Familiar places strange

Memory Loss in Elderly

Near recall/memory deficit/defect

Short term memory loss

Episodic symptoms/events

Spells/Episodes of weakness

Disease Progression

Course/Acute

Course/Benign course/disorder

Course/Illness not recurrent

Course/No sequelae expected

Course/Short/brief/self-limited

Demographics & Risk Factors

Established Disease Population

Patient/Migraine headache/Migraineurs

Population Group

Aged Adult

Population/Previously well

Sex & Age Groups

Population/Adult Aged Only

Population/Adult/all

Population/Elderly Aged

Population/Seventies Adult

Associated Diseases & Rule outs

Rule Outs

Alcohol amnestic disorder

Benzodiazepine toxicity/overdose/effect

Cerebral vascular accident

CNS side effects

Concussion

Dissociative/psychiatric reaction

Encephalitis, herpetic

Epilepsy, temporal lobe

Korsakoff Psychosis/Alcohol Dementia

Associated Disease & Complications

Amnesia

Transient global amnesia

Disease Synergy - Causes

Synergy/Drug/medication

Disease Mechanism & Classification

Class

CLASS/Neurologic (category)

Pathophysiology

Pathophysiology/NO Neurologic complications occur

Treatment

Drug Therapy - Indication

RX/No treatment

Definition

A syndrome characterized by a transient loss of the ability to form new memories. It primarily occurs in middle aged or elderly individuals, and episodes may last from minutes to hours. During the period of amnesia, immediate and recent memory abilities are impaired, but the level of consciousness and ability to perform other intellectual tasks are preserved. The condition is related to bilateral dysfunction of the medial portions of each TEMPORAL LOBE. Complete recovery normally occurs, and recurrences are unusual. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp429-30)

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External Links Related to Transient global amnesia

PubMed (National Library of Medicine)

NGC (National Guideline Clearinghouse)

Medscape (eMedicine)

Harrison's Online (accessmedicine)

NEJM (The New England Journal of Medicine)

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