TY - JOUR
T1 - Influenza-associated global amnesia and hippocampal imaging abnormality
AU - Lopez, Jonathan
AU - Lomen-Hoerth, Catherine
AU - Deutsch, Gayle K.
AU - Kerchner, Geoffrey A.
AU - Koshy, Anita
N1 - Funding Information:
Address correspondence to Jonathan Lopez, Department of Neurology, Stanford University Medical Center, 750 Welch Road, Suite 317, Palo Alto, CA 94304-1510, USA, Tel.: (650) 721-5889, Fax: (650) 723-7299. (E-mail: [email protected]). ∗Present address: Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, University of Arizona This research was supported by funds from the National Institute of Health NS065116 (AAK).
PY - 2014/7
Y1 - 2014/7
N2 - The acute phase of influenza infection is rarely associated with significant cognitive dysfunction. We describe a case of a 24 year-old man who developed global amnesia in the acute phase of influenza A infection. His deficits resolved over the course of several weeks. Transient abnormalities of diffusion and T2-weighted imaging were seen in the bilateral hippocampi. We review cerebral complications of influenza and discuss the possible role of previously proposed mechanisms in our patient's case.
AB - The acute phase of influenza infection is rarely associated with significant cognitive dysfunction. We describe a case of a 24 year-old man who developed global amnesia in the acute phase of influenza A infection. His deficits resolved over the course of several weeks. Transient abnormalities of diffusion and T2-weighted imaging were seen in the bilateral hippocampi. We review cerebral complications of influenza and discuss the possible role of previously proposed mechanisms in our patient's case.
KW - Amnesia
KW - Diffusion-weighted imaging
KW - Hippocampus
KW - Influenza
KW - Influenza-associated encephalopathy
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U2 - 10.1080/13554794.2013.791864
DO - 10.1080/13554794.2013.791864
M3 - Article
C2 - 23697757
AN - SCOPUS:84898017044
SN - 1355-4794
VL - 20
SP - 446
EP - 451
JO - Neurocase
JF - Neurocase
IS - 4
ER -