How to forget a “traumatic” experience: a case report of transient global amnesia after nasopharyngeal swab for Coronavirus disease 19

BMC Neurology

Isabella Canavero¹  Sabrina Ravaglia²  Antonio Zito³  Lara Ahmad³ 

[1] Cerebrovascular Diseases Unit, Fondazione I.R.C.C.S. Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy;IRCCS, Mondino Foundation, 27100, Pavia, Italy;IRCCS, Mondino Foundation, 27100, Pavia, Italy;Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia, Via Agostino Bassi 21, 27100, Pavia, Italy;

关键词: COVID-19;    SARS-COV-2;    TGA;    Nasopharyngeal swab;    Case report;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12883-021-02295-5

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundTransient global amnesia (TGA) is a clinical syndrome characterized by a temporary short-term memory loss with inability to retain new memories, usually lasting 2 to 8 h. TGA may be related to several medical procedures, including angiography, general anesthesia, gastroscopy.Case presentationWe report a 58-year-old woman who experiencing TGA one hour after the execution of her first-time nasopharyngeal swab for COVID-19. Brain MRI showed a typical punctate Diffusion Weight Image (DWI) hippocampal lesion.ConclusionsThis is the first report of TGA after the execution of nasopharyngeal swab for COVID-19. This association lengthen the list of medical procedures associated with TGA, and we discuss the possible plausible mechanisms by which a nasopharyngeal swab could trigger TGA.

【 授权许可】

CC BY