TY - JOUR
TI - Gerstmann syndrome as a disconnection syndrome, evidence from DTI tractography: A case report
AU - Papadopoulos, V.E.
AU - Tsatsou, K.
AU - Toulas, P.
AU - Christidi, F.
AU - Karavasilis, E.
AU - Angelopoulou, M.K.
AU - Euthimiou, A.
JO - Journal of Neurolinguistics
PY - 2021
VL - 57
TODO - null
SP - null
PB - ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD.
SN - 0911-6044
TODO - 10.1016/j.jneuroling.2020.100955
TODO - acalculia;  acute myelomonocytic leukemia;  adult;  agnosia;  anemia;  anomia;  Article;  case report;  clinical article;  computer assisted tomography;  diffusion tensor imaging;  disorientation;  dysgraphia;  female;  frontal lobe;  Gerstmann syndrome;  human;  hypertension;  middle aged;  middle cerebral artery occlusion;  neuroimaging;  parietal lobe;  platelet count;  priority journal;  superior longitudinal fasciculus;  tobacco use;  unconsciousness
TODO - Gerstmann's syndrome is a syndrome caused by lesions of the dominant parietal lobe. It has historically been a subject of dispute as it is often accompanied by other neuropsychological deficits such as aphasia. Novel neuropsychological tests and neuroimaging techniques have lately changed the perspective allowing to decode a conjunction of symptoms like Gerstmann's. In our case, we present Diffusion Tensor Imaging Tractography findings of a patient who acutely exhibited Gerstmann's tetrad. Using advanced structural neuroimaging we tested a hypothesis that up until recently could only be challenged post mortem. Our study offers much needed patient neuroimaging data helping to establish Gerstmann's as a disconnection syndrome. More reports of Gerstmann's syndrome patients including high resolution tractography and fMRI data are needed. © 2020 Elsevier Ltd
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