Gerstmann's syndrome and unilateral optic ataxia in the emergency department

A 75-year-old right-handed woman presented to the emergency department with simultanagnosia and right unilateral optic ataxia. Moreover, the patient had agraphia, acalculia, digital agnosia and right-left disorientation, consistent with complete Gerstmann's syndrome. This case highlights the co...

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Autores principales: Barbosa, Breno José Alencar Pires, de Brito, Marcelo Houat, Rodrigues, Júlia Chartouni, Kubota, Gabriel Taricani, Parmera, Jacy Bezerra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Associação de Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5770007/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29354229
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1980-57642016dn11-040018
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author Barbosa, Breno José Alencar Pires
de Brito, Marcelo Houat
Rodrigues, Júlia Chartouni
Kubota, Gabriel Taricani
Parmera, Jacy Bezerra
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description A 75-year-old right-handed woman presented to the emergency department with simultanagnosia and right unilateral optic ataxia. Moreover, the patient had agraphia, acalculia, digital agnosia and right-left disorientation, consistent with complete Gerstmann's syndrome. This case highlights the concurrence of Gerstmann's syndrome and unilateral optic ataxia in the acute phase of a left middle cerebral artery stroke.
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spelling pubmed-57700072018-01-19 Gerstmann's syndrome and unilateral optic ataxia in the emergency department Barbosa, Breno José Alencar Pires de Brito, Marcelo Houat Rodrigues, Júlia Chartouni Kubota, Gabriel Taricani Parmera, Jacy Bezerra Dement Neuropsychol Case Report A 75-year-old right-handed woman presented to the emergency department with simultanagnosia and right unilateral optic ataxia. Moreover, the patient had agraphia, acalculia, digital agnosia and right-left disorientation, consistent with complete Gerstmann's syndrome. This case highlights the concurrence of Gerstmann's syndrome and unilateral optic ataxia in the acute phase of a left middle cerebral artery stroke. Associação de Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5770007/ /pubmed/29354229 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1980-57642016dn11-040018 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Gerstmann's syndrome and unilateral optic ataxia in the emergency department
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title_full Gerstmann's syndrome and unilateral optic ataxia in the emergency department
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