Espiridion Eduardo D, Gupta Jayesh, Bshara Andre, Danssaert Zachary
Psychiatry, Frederick Memorial Hospital, Frederick, USA.
Psychiatry, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, USA.
Cureus. 2019 Sep 28;11(9):e5792. doi: 10.7759/cureus.5792.
This is a case report involving a 60-year-old female who developed transient global amnesia (TGA) after an emotional psychotherapy session in the framework of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). She presented to the local emergency room, three days after her psychotherapist appointment, with complaints of memory impairment. She and her husband were worried about acute stroke since it was a sudden memory loss. The patient discussed with her psychotherapist a physical assault that occurred five years ago. Three days after that discussion, the patient developed the memory loss acutely. PTSD is associated with dissociative and retrograde amnesia. This case report demonstrates that PTSD can present with anterograde amnesia in the form of TGA.
这是一份病例报告，涉及一名60岁女性，她在创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）框架下的一次情感心理治疗 session 后出现了短暂性全面遗忘症（TGA）。在与心理治疗师预约后的三天，她前往当地急诊室，主诉记忆障碍。她和她的丈夫担心是急性中风，因为这是突然的记忆丧失。患者与她的心理治疗师讨论了五年前发生的一次身体 assault。在那次讨论后的三天，患者急性出现了记忆丧失。PTSD 与分离性和逆行性遗忘症有关。本病例报告表明，PTSD 可表现为以 TGA 形式出现的顺行性遗忘症。
