Transient Global Amnesia as the First Clinical Symptom for Malignant B-Cell Lymphoma with Central Nervous System Involvement

Joint Authors

Zafar, Atif
Khan, Ghulam Ishaq
Abdin, Sahrish
Khan, Muhammad Taimoor

Source

Case Reports in Neurological Medicine

Issue

Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-4, 4 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2015-07-07

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

4

Main Subjects

Medicine

Abstract EN

We present the case of an elderly male who was diagnosed with transient global amnesia (TGA), only tobe diagnosed with B-cell lymphoma with central nervous system involvement a few weeks later.

This is the first ever case reported in literature with lymphoma presenting as TGA.

Literature review and pertinent points regarding high-yield imaging protocol for presumed TGA patients are discussed.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Zafar, Atif& Khan, Ghulam Ishaq& Abdin, Sahrish& Khan, Muhammad Taimoor. 2015. Transient Global Amnesia as the First Clinical Symptom for Malignant B-Cell Lymphoma with Central Nervous System Involvement. Case Reports in Neurological Medicine،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-4.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)

Zafar, Atif…[et al.]. Transient Global Amnesia as the First Clinical Symptom for Malignant B-Cell Lymphoma with Central Nervous System Involvement. Case Reports in Neurological Medicine No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1058997

American Medical Association (AMA)

Zafar, Atif& Khan, Ghulam Ishaq& Abdin, Sahrish& Khan, Muhammad Taimoor. Transient Global Amnesia as the First Clinical Symptom for Malignant B-Cell Lymphoma with Central Nervous System Involvement. Case Reports in Neurological Medicine. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1058997

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-1058997