Transient global amnesia followed by vertebrobasilar ischemia in a case of dolichoectatic basilar artery
Milandre, L.; Donnet, A.; Rumeau, C.; Cherif, A.A.; Khalil, R.
Acta Neurologica Belgica 90(5): 248-253
1990
ISSN/ISBN: 0300-9009 PMID: 2085087 Document Number: 350368
A 59-year-old hypertensive patient presented with transient global amnesia without neurological signs or symptoms. During the following 3 years, he experienced several attacks of vertebrobasilar insufficiency and a cerebellar infarction. CT scan and MRI found a partially thrombosed dolichoectatic basilar artery but no significant lesion within the limbic system. These data suggest transient global amnesia was due to a transient ischemia in the basilar artery distribution.