Severe amnesia after hypoglycemia. Clinical, psychometric, and magnetic resonance imaging correlations.

Abstract

To determine the correlation between clinical, psychometric, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings after an episode of hypoglycemic coma resulting in amnesia. Detailed psychometric assessment, especially memory testing, performed with MRI in a man with severe amnesia after hypoglycemic coma. Psychometric testing confirmed impaired immediate recall. MRI findings were consistent with a lesion in the left temporal lobe. This is the first description of MRI in determining the neurological damage in hypoglycemic coma.