Transient global amnesia (TGA): differential diagnosis
Evidence-based neurology checklist on transient global amnesia (tga): differential diagnosis: Neurological differentials Transient epileptic amnesia (TEA) Transient ischaemic attacks (TIAs) Seizures Migraine Concussion Traumatic brain injury (TBI) Cerebral hypoxia e.g. with aortic dissection…
Neurological differentials
- Transient epileptic amnesia (TEA)
- Transient ischaemic attacks (TIAs)
- Seizures
- Migraine
- Concussion
- Traumatic brain injury (TBI)
- Cerebral hypoxia e.g. with aortic dissection
- Encephalitis
- Wernicke's encephalopathy
Psychiatric
Systemic
Drugs
References
- Hodges JR, Warlow CP. The aetiology of transient global amnesia: a case control study of 114 cases with productive follow up. Brain 1990; 113:639-657.
- Kirshner HS. Transient global amnesia: a brief review and update. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep 2011; 11:578-582.
- Spiegel DR, Smith J, Wade RR, et al. Transient global amnesia: current perspectives. Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat 2017; 13:2691-2703.
- Sheikh Hassan M, Osman Sidow N, Adam Mohamed N. Transient global amnesia: uncommon diagnosis of exclusion. Clin Case Rep 2022; 10:e6533.
