Isolated hippocampal infarcts: Vascular and neuropsychological findings.

Background And Purpose: The hippocampus plays a role in the verbal and spatial memory processing, learning, and emotions. The purpose of this study was to determine clinical, etiological, and radiological features of isolated hippocampal infarcts.

Methods: We reviewed, 6800 patients with first-ever ischaemic stroke included in our Stroke Registry between 2004 and 2014.