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Case Reports
. 2014 Aug;20(4):446-51.
doi: 10.1080/13554794.2013.791864. Epub 2013 May 22.

Influenza-associated global amnesia and hippocampal imaging abnormality

Jonathan Lopez  1 , Catherine Lomen-Hoerth, Gayle K Deutsch, Geoffrey A Kerchner, Anita Koshy
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Case Reports

Influenza-associated global amnesia and hippocampal imaging abnormality

Jonathan Lopez et al. Neurocase. 2014 Aug.

Abstract

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.

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