How to forget a "traumatic" experience: a case report of transient global amnesia after nasopharyngeal swab for Coronavirus disease 19.

Sabrina Ravaglia Antonio ZitoLara AhmadIsabella Canavero

Published in: BMC neurology (2021)

This is the first report of TGA after the execution of nasopharyngeal swab for COVID-19. This association lengthen the list of medical procedures associated with TGA, and we discuss the possible plausible mechanisms by which a nasopharyngeal swab could trigger TGA.

Keyphrases

coronavirus disease
spinal cord injury
sars cov
healthcare
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
cerebral ischemia
brain injury