Transient global amnesia like episode in a dialysis patient with severe hyperhomocysteinaemia

Aims: Transient global amnesia (TGA) is a type of memory disorder characterized by an episode of amnesia and bewilderment lasting for several hours. Clinical symptoms consist of retrograde amnesia for the recent past combined with an ongoing anterograde amnesia without impairment of consciousness, motor or sensory functions. Usually, mental functions recover completely after a maximum of 24 hours. Etiology of TGA is still unknown. Case report: We here report a 58-year-old male patient treated with renal dialysis for 12 years who presented with typical clinical symptoms of TGA. However, deviating from the usual c…