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Case Reports
. 2022 Jul;9(7):1100-1101.
doi: 10.1002/acn3.51575. Epub 2022 May 14.

The case of a 70-year-old woman presenting with sudden onset apathy and amnesia

Christina M Lineback  1 , Brian Stamm  1 , Anthony Rosenberg  1 , Richard A Bernstein  1
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Case Reports

The case of a 70-year-old woman presenting with sudden onset apathy and amnesia

Christina M Lineback et al. Ann Clin Transl Neurol. 2022 Jul.
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Figure 1
Figure 1
MRI revealing left‐sided subacute anterior thalamic infarct and right‐sided acute inferomedial cerebellar infarct. (A) Diffusion‐weighted image (DWI) and (B) fluid‐attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) sequence showing a subacute infarct of the anterior thalamus, tuberothalamic artery territory.
Figure 2
Figure 2
The tuberothalamic artery supplies the reticular nucleus, mamillothalamic tract, lateral and dorsomedial nuclei, and lateral thalamic pole. Occlusion produces an “anterior thalamic behavioral syndrome” with perseveration, apathy, and amnesia. Amnesia results from disconnection of anterior thalamic nuclei and the hippocampus, as well as the amygdala and anterior nuclei. Image courtesy of Dr. Shuo Li, with permission.
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