Left atrial myxoma presenting as Gerstmann syndrome.
The authors describe a 29-year-old woman who presented with Gerstmann syndrome secondary to underlying left atrial myxoma. The clinicoradiologic features of atrial myxoma, as well as its neurologic manifestations, are reviewed.
Department of Radiology, Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Que.
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D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005862:Gerstmann Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D002542:Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009232:Myxoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography