gerstmann syndrome
Gerstmann
syndrome. This image shows the peripherally enhancing mass extending cranially to the left somatosensory cortex and caudally to the level of the trigone.
Gerstmann
syndrome. Irregular and centrally necrotic lesion at the left angular gyrus.
Gerstmann
syndrome • Angular gyrus and supramarginal gyrus (diagram) - Ganzer Fall bei Radiopaedia
nicht verwechseln mit: Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker-Syndrom
Gerstmann syndrome, also known as angular gyrus syndrome, is a dominant hemisphere stroke syndrome affecting the left parietal lobe in the region of the angular gyrus, consisting of four components:
Pure Gerstmann syndrome is said to be without aphasia.
History and etymology
It is named after the Austrian-American neuropsychiatrist Josef Gerstmann (1887-1969) , also of the Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome fame.