덥고 습한 작업장에서 반복적으로 발생한 일과성완전기억상실 = Recurrent Transient Global Amnesia in a Hot and Humid Machinery Room

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Transient global amnesia (TGA) is characterized by abrupt onset temporary dysfunction of anterograde and retrograde amnesia without other neurologic deficits. We encountered a 53-year-old man who developed recurrent TGA while working in a hot and humid machinery room (33oC and 64% relative humidity). Heat exposure and physical exertion may facilitate the leakage of cytokines into the systemic circulation so as to cause a cerebral endothelial insult. Functional insufficiency of the hippocampus and its connections caused by physical and environmental factors may be related to recurrent attacks.

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