Transient global amneisa medical therapy

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Hasnain Ali Moryani, MBBS.

Management

Transient Global Amnesia is a benign and self limited condition.
Patients are often discharged with reassurance that the disorder is not a stroke.

Explanations are usually well received by the patient and family, although additional neurologic consultation is sometimes sought.
An extensive evaluation is generally not required unless the history or examination suggests an alternative diagnosis such as transient ischemic attack, stroke, seizure, or postconcussive amnesia.^[1]
Brain imaging is often performed to exclude infarction or other structural lesions and to reassure both the patient and the physician.^[2]

References

↑ Werner R, Woehrle JC (2021). “Prevalence of Mimics and Severe Comorbidity in Patients with Clinically Suspected Transient Global Amnesia”. Cerebrovasc Dis. 50 (2): 171–177. doi:10.1159/000512602. PMID 33412553 Check |pmid= value (help).
↑ Szabo K, Hoyer C, Caplan LR, Grassl R, Griebe M, Ebert A, Platten M, Gass A (July 2020). “Diffusion-weighted MRI in transient global amnesia and its diagnostic implications”. Neurology. 95 (2): e206–e212. doi:10.1212/WNL.0000000000009783. PMID 32532848 Check |pmid= value (help).

Management