amnesia
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Introduction
Disturbance of long-term memory characterized by an inability to recall past experiences & a disturbance in learning new information. It is generally anterograde or ongoing, but also may include include retrograde amnesia for events that occurred just prior to a cerebral insult.
Etiology
- dementia
- head trauma
- stroke
- Korsakoff's psychosis
- seizure (temporal lobe)
- anoxic injury to the hippocampus
- psychogenic amnesia
- drugs: fentanyl + cocaine (case report)[3]
Pathology
- injury to the limbic system
Clinical manifestations
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Additional terms
- dementia; Alzheimer's disease & related dementias (ADRD)
- head injury
- Korsakoff's syndrome (amnesic psychosis)
- limbic system
- memory
- seizure; epileptic seizure
- stroke; cerebrovascular accident (CVA)
References
- ↑ Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
- ↑ Mendez M. Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment, Osterweil et al eds, McGraw Hill, New York, 2000, pg 77
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Duru UB, Pawar G, Barash JA et al An Unusual Amnestic Syndrome Associated With Combined Fentanyl and Cocaine Use. Ann Intern Med. 2018. Jan 30 <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29379942 <Internet> http://annals.org/aim/article-abstract/2671032/unusual-amnestic-syndrome-associated-combined-fentanyl-cocaine-use