A 60‐year‐old woman presented to the emergency department with confusion and memory loss on the day of her father's death. She could not recall her father's death despite being reminded. She complained of a frontal headache and epigastric pain. Her medical history included hypertension, Hashimoto thyroiditis and paroxysmal atrial fibrillation.
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