Transient global amnesia caused by painless aortic dissection.

BMJ Case Rep

Hôpital Bretonneau, 2 bd Tonnellé, Tours, 37044, France, INSERM U930, CHU Tours, Tours, 37000, France.

Published: November 2011

Neurological syndromes secondary to acute aortic dissection (AAD) are uncommon and usually consist of focal deficits after an embolic cerebral infarction. This article reports the observation of an AAD with the chief complaint of transient acute memory impairment-that is, a non-usual stroke-like symptom.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3027937PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr.09.2008.0935DOI Listing

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