Transient amnesia in a patient with left temporal tumor: Symptomatic transient global amnesia or an epileptic amnesia?

Neurologist

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 196-200

  Huang, Ching Feng ^a,c   Pai, Ming Chyi ^b  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Left temporal tumor; Spreading depression; Transient epileptic amnesia; Transient global amnesia; Wicket's temporal spikes

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

AGED; AMNESIA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MIGRAINE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL LOBE; VERBAL MEMORY;

AGED; AMNESIA, TRANSIENT GLOBAL; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DRUG THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RADIOTHERAPY; RECURRENCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 43449105613     PISSN: 10747931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NRL.0b013e3181618af1     Document Type: Article

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