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Amnesic syndrome with a unilateral thalamic lesion: a case report

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A 40-year-old man suffered an attack of transient global amnesia. The anterograde amnesia receded after 2 days, but a deficit remained in the retrieval stage of memory, which impaired the recall of names and of the information necessary to give details of particular events. Computed tomography revealed ischaemic infarction in the left anterolateral thalamus.

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Bei einem 40jährigen Mann trat eine amnestische Episode auf. Die anterograde Amnesie dauerte nur 2 Tage, aber es blieb eine spezifische Gedächtnisstörung, die das Wiederfinden von verbalem Material, besonders von Namen, betraf, darüber hinaus aber auch den Zugang zu jenen spezifischen Informationen und Details behinderte, die der einzelnen Erinnerung ihren individuellen Charakter geben. Das CT zeigte einen ischämischen Infarkt im linken anterolateralen Thalamus.

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    G. Goldenberg, A. Wimmer & J. Maly

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Goldenberg, G., Wimmer, A. & Maly, J. Amnesic syndrome with a unilateral thalamic lesion: a case report. J Neurol 229, 79–86 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00313445

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