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World J Clin Cases. Oct 6, 2020; 8(19): 4494-4498
Published online Oct 6, 2020. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v8.i19.4494
Published online Oct 6, 2020. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v8.i19.4494
Acute amnesia during pregnancy due to bilateral fornix infarction: A case report
Min Jai Cho, Department of Neurosurgery, Chungbuk National University Hospital, Cheongju-si 28644, South Korea
Dong-Ick Shin, Kyu Sun Yum, Department of Neurology, Chungbuk National University Hospital, Cheongju-si 28644, South Korea
Moon-Ku Han, Department of Neurology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam-si 463-707, South Korea
Author contributions: Yum KS was the patient’s neurologist; Yum KS and Cho MJ reviewed the literature and contributed to manuscript drafting; Shin DI and Han MK were responsible for the revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content; all authors issued final approval of the version to be submitted.
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Corresponding author: Kyu Sun Yum, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, Chungbuk National University Hospital, 776, 1 Sunhwan-ro, Seowon-gu, Cheongju-si 28644, Korea. alcest@gmail.com
Received: June 25, 2020
Peer-review started: June 25, 2020
First decision: August 8, 2020
Revised: August 12, 2020
Accepted: September 4, 2020
Article in press: September 4, 2020
Published online: October 6, 2020
Peer-review started: June 25, 2020
First decision: August 8, 2020
Revised: August 12, 2020
Accepted: September 4, 2020
Article in press: September 4, 2020
Published online: October 6, 2020
Core Tip
Core Tip: Pregnancy-related cerebrovascular disorder is one of the major causes of maternal mortality. Arterial ischemic infarction is a less common complication, however, more critical and disabling. Isolated amnesia is a rare clinical symptom caused by ischemic stroke in pregnancy. We present a rare case of acute amnesia due to bilateral fornix infarction in healthy young nullipara. Extensive work up for stroke revealed no causative abnormality. The patient was diagnosed as cryptogenic stroke. This case highlights the early diagnosis and treatment for stroke in pregnancy with acute amnesia without another neurologic deficit.