Amnesic syndrome after carbon monoxide poisoning. A case report
Spinnler, H.; Sterzi, R.; Vallar, G.
Schweizer Archiv für Neurologie Neurochirurgie und Psychiatrie 127(1): 79-88
1980
ISSN/ISBN: 0036-7273 PMID: 7444406 Document Number: 164004
A patient is described who after a carbon monoxide poisoning presented an amnesic syndrome. The neuropsychological investigation suggests that carbon monoxide amnesia shares common features with hippocampal amnesia, namely a discrepancy between a normal Short-Term Memory (STM) and a hampered Long-Term Memory (LTM). CT findings in our patient showed both widespread and focal areas of demyelination. The correlation between neuropsychological data and CT findings are discussed.