A Rare Clinical Antity; Pure Gerstmann Syndrome

TEKGÖL UZUNER G., Ubur A., ERTEN M., UZUNER N.

JOURNAL OF STROKE & CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES, vol.29, no.10, 2020 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 29 Issue: 10
  • Publication Date: 2020
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2020.105161
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF STROKE & CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, CINAHL, EMBASE, MEDLINE
  • Keywords: Gerstmann syndrome, Acalculia, agraphia, Finger agnosia, Right-left disorientation
  • Eskisehir Osmangazi University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Gerstmann syndrome is defined as a tetrad including agraphia, acalculia, finger agnosia, and right-left disorientation. In the case studies presented in the literature, it has been reported that Gerstmann syndrome usually appears as an incomplete tetrad of symptoms or accompanied by cognitive deficits including aphasia, alexia, apraxia and some perceptual disorders. Here, we present of the patient with left angular and supramarginal gyrus infarction affecting the parietal lobe. In addition to the symptoms mentioned above, the patient had alexia and anomic aphasia as well. We discussed the clinic appearance and reviewed the current literature.