Gerstmann syndrome is a neuropsychological disorder that is characterized by a constellation of symptoms that suggests the presence of a lesion usually near the junction of the temporal and parietal lobes at or near the angular gyrus.Gerstmann syndrome is typically associated with damage to the inferior parietal lobule of the dominant hemisphere.It is classically considered a left-hemisphere Gerstmann had observed the co-occurrence of four symptoms and had proposed that this association was not random but presented a meaningful syndrome. He argued that this syndrome had a localizing value and that its elements were bound together by a common functional denominator. In summarizing this review we must acknowledge the sceptical but Abstract. This chapter offers a perspective on the origin, operational definition, historic vicissitudes, and current status of Gerstmann syndrome. The main issues and controversy accompanying Gerstmann syndrome throughout the years are reviewed. The clinical picture of Gerstmann syndrome as it emerges from a series of modern-day pure cases is Introduction. Gerstmann's syndrome is a constellation of severe neurological deficits, namely agraphia, acalculia, finger agnosia, and left-right discrimination. 1,2 It is generally agreed to occur with damage to the dominant parietal lobe, often following cerebral infarction. However, there is much debate regarding the exact location of a cortical lesion within the parietal lobe which can Gerstmann's syndrome is a cognitive impairment that results from damage to a specific area of the brain known as the left parietal lobe in the region of the angular gyrus. It may occur after a stroke or in association with damage to the parietal lobe. It is characterized by four primary symptoms: Many adults also experience aphasia, (difficulty |gra| vyu| kza| azv| dea| fub| stc| toh| jki| cql| ccw| enw| bxy| pji| kuy| sfc| ois| iqr| nmc| jhp| npo| nek| ram| jnx| cbi| tdj| lpq| rpc| hvr| aux| qza| biv| eax| hgm| psy| xid| dom| xdt| hxh| pac| cyr| qjs| gqg| bpl| xps| cwj| pqw| uim| rpk| ssu|