How to forget a "traumatic" experience: a case report of transient global amnesia after nasopharyngeal swab for Coronavirus disease 19.
BMC Neurol
; 21(1): 266, 2021 Jul 05.
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in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1296579
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Transient global amnesia (TGA) is a clinical syndrome characterized by a temporary short-term memory loss with inability to retain new memories, usually lasting 2 to 8 h. TGA may be related to several medical procedures, including angiography, general anesthesia, gastroscopy. CASE PRESENTATION We report a 58-year-old woman who experiencing TGA one hour after the execution of her first-time nasopharyngeal swab for COVID-19. Brain MRI showed a typical punctate Diffusion Weight Image (DWI) hippocampal lesion.CONCLUSIONS:
This is the first report of TGA after the execution of nasopharyngeal swab for COVID-19. This association lengthen the list of medical procedures associated with TGA, and we discuss the possible plausible mechanisms by which a nasopharyngeal swab could trigger TGA.Keywords
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International databases
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Specimen Handling
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Amnesia, Transient Global
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Case report
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Diagnostic study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Language:
English
Journal:
BMC Neurol
Journal subject:
Neurology
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S12883-021-02295-5
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