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KMID : 0960920020010010057
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Dementia and Neurocognitive Disorders
2002 Volume.1 No. 1 p.57 ~ p.59
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Pure Amnesia Following Unilateral Thalamic Infarction
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Sohn Eun-Hee
Lee Ae-Young
Kim Sun-Kook
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Abstract
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Lesions of the anterior and medical parts of the thalamus are often accompanied by memory dysfunction. Balateral lesions may produce major memory deficits that have something been reported to last for several years. Unilateral lesion may also be associated with memory dysfuction which is usually less severe and persistent and may be linked to a selective field of memory. We report two amnesic patients with isolated infarct in the polar territory of the left thalamus. This cases demonstrate that unilateral left thalamic infarction in the polar territory can be presented with isolated verbal amnesia with relatively preserved visuospatial memory function and slow lateralization of memory dysfunction after thalamic infarction which is not always present.
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KEYWORD
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Thalamic infarction, Amnesia, Polar artery
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