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. 2009:2009:bcr09.2008.0935.
doi: 10.1136/bcr.09.2008.0935. Epub 2009 Feb 2.

Transient global amnesia caused by painless aortic dissection

K Mondon  1 , Claire Bléchet, Alice Gochard, Djilali Elaroussi, Franck Fetissof, Alain Autret, Bertrand de Toffol, Caroline Hommet
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Transient global amnesia caused by painless aortic dissection

K Mondon et al. BMJ Case Rep. 2009.

Abstract

Neurological syndromes secondary to acute aortic dissection (AAD) are uncommon and usually consist of focal deficits after an embolic cerebral infarction. This article reports the observation of an AAD with the chief complaint of transient acute memory impairment-that is, a non-usual stroke-like symptom.

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Figure 1
Figure 1. (A) Chest radiograph of the patient.
(B) Heart: frontal section through aorta. (C) Aortic walls, delimiting false lumen (thoracic portion). (D) Aortic cross, showing preservation of cervical arteries. Diamond: aortic lumen; circle: right primitive carotid; arrows: false lumen; triangle: brachiocephalic trunk.
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