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Transient global amnesia: a study with Tc-99m ECD SPECT shortly after symptom onset and after recovery
- Title
- Transient global amnesia: a study with Tc-99m ECD SPECT shortly after symptom onset and after recovery
- Authors
- Kim, Bom Sahn; Cho, Sang Soo; Choi, Joon Young; Kim, Young Hwan
- Ewha Authors
- 김범산
- SCOPUS Author ID
- 김범산
- Issue Date
- 2016
- Journal Title
- DIAGNOSTIC AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY
- ISSN
- 1305-3825
1305-3612
- Citation
- DIAGNOSTIC AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY vol. 22, no. 5, pp. 476 - 480
- Publisher
- AVES
- Indexed
- SCIE; SCOPUS
- Document Type
- Article
- Abstract
- PURPOSE Transient global amnesia (TGA) is characterized by sudden loss of memory of recent events, transient inability to retain new information, and retrograde amnesia. We investigated the changes of regional cerebral blood flow in patients with TGA shortly after symptom onset and after recovery using Tc-99m-ethyl cysteinate dimer single-photon emission computed tomography (Tc-99m ECD SPECT) and statistical parametric mapping (SPM) analysis. METHODS Six right-handed patients with TGA were studied using Tc-99m ECD SPECT shortly after symptom onset and after recovery. As a control group, six healthy individuals were also studied. Images were analyzed using SPM8 using voxel-based analysis to estimate the differences between TGA patients and controls. RESULTS There was significant hypoperfusion in the left hippocampus, left thalamus, and bilateral cerebellum. In the follow-up SPECT scan, hypoperfusion in hippocampus and thalamus were restored, while hypoperfusion was noted in the temporoparietal region. CONCLUSION Our results suggest that the underlying mechanism of TGA may be temporary ischemia in the hippocampus and thalamus. There was significant restoration of perfusion in the hippocampus and thalamus after recovery from TGA.
- DOI
- 10.5152/dir.2016.15487
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- 의과대학 > 의학과 > Journal papers
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