Acute Korsakoff-Like Amnestic Syndrome Resulting from Left Thalamic Infarction Following a Right Hippocampal Hemorrhage
R. Rahmea,
R. Moussaa,
A. Awadab,
I. Ibrahima,
Y. Alia,
J. Maarrawia,
T. Rizka,
G. Nohraa,
N. Okaisa and
E. Samahaa
a Department of Neurosurgery, Hôtel-Dieu de France and Saint-Joseph University Faculty of Medicine, Beirut, Lebanon
b Department of Neurology, Hôtel-Dieu de France and Saint-Joseph University Faculty of Medicine, Beirut, Lebanon

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Fig 1. A and B, Head CT (A) and T2WI brain MR imaging (B) revealing a localized hemorrhage in the right hippocampal formation, extending into the temporal and occipital horns of the right lateral ventricle and the right deep Sylvian fissure. C and D, Head CT (C) and T2WI brain MR imaging (D) performed 2 weeks later, demonstrating a left anteromedian thalamic infarction that was not present on the initial films.
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