Gerstmann's syndrome

Also known as outlined in the left angular gyrus syndrome; Hemispheric dominance syndrome. Etiopathologic disease owner hemisphere parietal and lateral temporal lobe lesions Kok back to the top after artery or angular gyrus common artery occlusion. Can be found in brain tumors, brain trauma, brain atrophy, alcoholism, carbon monoxide poisoning, the various forms of mental illness, such as the hypnotic state. Clinical manifestations Gerstmann's syndrome establishment of the premise : language comprehension and expression accessibility, objects and space preservation awareness, no feeling, sports and intellectual barriers. This syndrome can include awareness fingers, not calculating, not writing, about four obstacles orientation symptoms. Clinical not necessarily typical of tetralogy of Fallot often see some of the symptoms, or together with other symptoms, such as aphasia, apraxia, alexia, right hemianopsia and neglect, the right light hemiplegia or pain signals such as agnosia. Differential diagnosis (1) cerebral infarction (cerebral 362002) adjacent to the main artery top hemisphere and angular gyrus artery occlusion of the common syndrome. High number of patients age, history of hypertension or arteriosclerosis. Sleep onset or the morning after, the sudden onset without incentives. Infarct involving the temporal lobe seizures after accompanied mental disorders, but also appeared hallucinations, memory and visual defect. Parietal involvement loss can be accompanied by structural disorders, disease, hemiplegia agnosia. (2) parietal lobe tumors (tumor of parietal lobe) hemisphere side edge of the tumor appeared comprehensive a levy. The neurological symptoms before they arise, and this can sometimes have a special epilepsy signs that the body as a temporary obstacle. These symptoms can easily be mistaken for functional mental illness. Benign epilepsy led to more complications, malignancies were more complications led to a headache. (C) carbon monoxide poisoning (carbon monoxide poisoning) "false overdue" After the nervous system complications after the performance of mental disorders, neurological symptoms in addition to performance Gerstmann levy, the idea of a Parkinson's is most prominent in the levy.