Podcast 857: Alice in Wonderland Jeopardy

<p dir="ltr"><strong>Contributor: Chris Holmes MD</strong></p> <p dir="ltr"><strong>Educational Pearls:</strong></p> <ul> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“It’s a poor sort of memory that only works backwards” - Transient Global Amnesia</p> </li> <ul> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="2"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">A syndrome with sudden retrograde memory loss in which patients cannot retain new information</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="2"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Characterized by perseveration in frequent intervals</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="2"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Typically improves within hours</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="2"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">MRI is normal initially</p> </li> </ul> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Alice In Wonderland Syndrome</p> </li> <ul> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="2"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">A disorder in which patients experience distortions in their visual perceptions</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="2"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Most often characterized by micropsia and/or macropsia</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="2"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Other symptoms may include illusory movement or wavy lines</p> </li> </ul> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Alice in Wonderland as a metaphor for birth</p> </li> <ul> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="2"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Traveling down the rabbit hole is conception</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="2"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Alice getting bigger in a confined space is pregnancy</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="2"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Drinking potions is amniotic fluid</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="2"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Escaping to explore a scary world is childbirth</p> </li> </ul> </ul> <p dir="ltr"><strong>References</strong></p> <p dir="ltr">1. Blom JD. Alice in wonderland syndrome. Alice Wonderl Syndr. 2019;(June