Memory Loss (Amnesia): Diagnostic Tests

Optional medical device diagnostics – depending on the results of the history, physical examination, laboratory diagnostics, and obligatory medical device diagnostics – for differential diagnosis.

  • Computed tomography/magnetic resonance imaging of the skull (cranial CT or.cCT/cranial MRI or cMRI) – for further diagnosis [cMRI in transient global amnesia: 80% of cases show reversible punctate DWI lesions with ADC correlate (ADC stands for Apparent diffusion coefficient) in the hippocampus; most commonly detectable 48 (12-72) hours after symptom onset].
  • Encephalogram (EEG; recording of electrical activity of the brain) – to rule out epilepsy.