A case of inferior frontal gyrus infarction manifesting Gerstmann syndrome. Issue 6 (1st November 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Tanabe, Nobuhiko; Komuro, Taro; Mochida, Atsushi; Fujita, Yuko; Nakagawa, Madoka; Hyuga, Junko; Horiguchi, Satoshi; Satow, Takeshi
• Is Part Of: Neurocase. Volume 26:Issue 6(2020)
• Page Start: 368
• Page End: 371
• Publication Date: 2020-11-01
• Subjects: Cerebral infarction -- inferior frontal gyrus -- Gerstmann syndrome -- SPECT -- disconnection syndrome; Neurology -- Periodicals; Neuropsychology -- Case Report; Mental Disorders -- Case Report; Nervous System Diseases -- Case Report; 616.8
• DOI: 10.1080/13554794.2020.1846059
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1355-4794

Abstract

ABSTRACT: A 48-year-old female suffered from cerebral infarction involving the left inferior frontal gyrus. This was due to ischemic complications of endovascular treatment for subarachnoid hemorrhage. She exhibited severe acalculia, agraphia, finger agnosia, and right-left disorientation (the four features of Gerstmann syndrome), but aphasia was scarcely noticeable. Single-photon emission tomography revealed hypoperfusion in the left inferior frontal area and also in the left parietal area. It is possible that Gerstmann syndrome was caused in the present case by disruption of the association fiber connecting the inferior frontal area with the inferior parietal area.