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Transient Global Amnesia in a 60-year-old female with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
Curēus (Palo Alto, CA), v 11(9)
28 Sep 2019
PMID: 31728239
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Abstract
This is a case report involving a 60-year-old female who developed transient global amnesia (TGA) after an emotional psychotherapy session in the framework of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). She presented to the local emergency room, three days after her psychotherapist appointment, with complaints of memory impairment. She and her husband were worried about acute stroke since it was a sudden memory loss. The patient discussed with her psychotherapist a physical assault that occurred five years ago. Three days after that discussion, the patient developed the memory loss acutely. PTSD is associated with dissociative and retrograde amnesia. This case report demonstrates that PTSD can present with anterograde amnesia in the form of TGA.
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- Title
- Transient Global Amnesia in a 60-year-old female with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
- Creators
- Eduardo D. Espiridion - Calvert Memorial HospitalJayesh Gupta - Drexel UniversityAndre Bshara - Drexel UniversityZachary Danssaert - Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Publication Details
- Curēus (Palo Alto, CA), v 11(9)
- Publisher
- Cureus Inc
- Number of pages
- 4
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000488109700004
- Other Identifier
- 991019168054104721
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