Bilateral and limited amygdalohippocampal lesions causing a pure amnesic syndrome

Abstract

A pure amnesic syndrome of 21 months' duration occurred in a 36‐year‐old man following a transient confusional state. The patient died of Hodgkin's disease. At postmortem examination, bilateral and symmetrical neuronal loss, without inflammatory changes, was restricted to the hippocampus and amygdaloid bodies.