Hippocampal stroke: clinical features
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Hippocampal stroke: clinical features. Verbal memory impairment: with left-sided strokes. Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Cognitive impairments
- Verbal memory impairment: with left-sided strokes
- Non-verbal memory impairment: with right-sided strokes
- Difficulty retrieving specific autobiographical events
- Difficulty retrieving recent memory
- Impaired verbal and visual task learning
Emotional symptoms
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Hippocampal dementia
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Other symptoms
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Unilateral v bilateral hippocampal stroke
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Associated extra-hippocampal features
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Differential diagnosis
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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain: DWI lesion patterns
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Other investigations
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References
- Szabo K, Förster A, Jäger T, et al. Hippocampal lesion patterns in acute posterior cerebral artery stroke: clinical and MRI findings. Stroke 2009; 40:2042-2045.
- Kumral E, Deveci EE, Erdoğan C, Enüstün C. Isolated hippocampal infarcts: vascular and neuropsychological findings. J Neurol Sci 2015; 356:83-89.
- Kumral E, Zirek O. Major neurocognitive disorder followıng isolated hippocampal ischemıc lesions. J Neurol Sci 2017; 372:496-500.
- Kostić S, Pasovski V, Krsmanović Z, et al. Bilateral hippocampal infarction and amnesia: a case report. Vojnosanit Pregl 2015; 72:545-551.
- Förster A, Griebe M, Gass A, Kern R, Hennerici MG, Szabo K. Diffusion-weighted imaging for the differential diagnosis of disorders affecting the hippocampus. Cerebrovasc Dis 2012; 33:104-115.
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