[Memory disorders in posterior vertebrobasilar cerebral artery insufficiency]

A clinical and neuropsychological study of 10 vascular patients with signs of circulatory insufficiency in the vertebro-basilar-posterior cerebral territory in whom the dominant symptom was loss of memory with relative idemnity of other intelectual functions is presented. In 5 cases clinical signs of acute infarct in the posterior cerebral artery territories existed in the form of amnesic infarct. The disturbances and the localization of the lesion confirmed by paraclinical examinations (EEG, angiography of the posterior circulation, radioisotope scan) are discussed.