The case of the forgotten address

Such changes are well recognised with anteromedian thalamic infarcts; a loss of self-activation and initiative has been described, with patients appearing to "resemble robots".1 Anterograde memory disturbance, usually accompanied by dysphasia or aphasia, is another established feature with...

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Published inThe Lancet (British edition) Vol. 367; no. 9518; p. 1290
Main Authors Samarasekera, Shanika, Dorman, Paul J
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Elsevier Ltd 15.04.2006
Lancet
Elsevier Limited
Subjects
Adult
Aneurysms
Biological and medical sciences
Diffusion coefficient
Female
General aspects
Humans
Lesions
Medical sciences
Memory Disorders - diagnosis
Memory Disorders - etiology
Patients
Stroke
Stroke - complications
Thalamus - pathology
Vision Disorders - diagnosis
Vision Disorders - etiology
Medicine
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Summary:Such changes are well recognised with anteromedian thalamic infarcts; a loss of self-activation and initiative has been described, with patients appearing to "resemble robots".1 Anterograde memory disturbance, usually accompanied by dysphasia or aphasia, is another established feature with dominant hemisphere involvement.1,2 The infarct is likely to have arisen from embolisation of thrombus within the aneurysmal septum or a paradoxical embolus from a venous source. Patients with both a patent foramen ovale and an atrial septal aneurysm are at increased risk of recurrent stroke compared with patients presenting with either one of these abnormalities.
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ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(06)68544-9