Traumatic Gerstmann Syndrome: Report of a Case.
- Author:
In Joo KANG
1
;
Young Soo KIM
;
Wan Ik KANG
Author Information
1. Department of Neurourgery, Presbyterian Medical Center, Jeonju, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH:
Agnosia;
Agraphia;
Aphasia;
Craniocerebral Trauma;
Dyscalculia;
Gerstmann Syndrome*;
Hematoma;
Parietal Bone;
Parietal Lobe
- From:Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
1975;4(2):413-416
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Gerstmann syndrome that was caused by a traumatic origin was very rare. We have reported a case of typical Gerstmann syndrome which was caused by a localized head injury. The case showed finger agnosia, right-left disorientation, acalculia and dysgraphia. And also the case revealed amnesic dysphasia and autotopagnosia. The lesion was an egg-shell typed depressed fracture(4 cm in diameter) of the left inferior parietal bone associated with the intracerebral hematoma in the lower parietal lobe which seemed to be the transitional area of the angular gyrus and the second occipital convolution.
