Abstract
A 60-year-old patient had a 3-year history of recurrent memory disturbances. The video electroencephalographic (EEG) recording of one attack showed that the amnesic state, which clinically resembled transient global amnesia, was characterized by a normal EEG tracing followed by electroclinical complex partial seizures. We suggest that "epileptic" transient global amnesia is postictal in nature.
Publication types
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Case Reports
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Alpha Rhythm
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Amnesia / etiology*
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Amnesia / physiopathology
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Electroencephalography* / instrumentation
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Epilepsies, Partial / complications*
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Epilepsies, Partial / physiopathology
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Epilepsy, Complex Partial / complications
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Epilepsy, Complex Partial / physiopathology
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Functional Laterality
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Hallucinations / etiology
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Hallucinations / physiopathology
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Hippocampus / physiopathology
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Humans
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Recurrence
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Videotape Recording