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.
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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