[Gerstmann-Straussler syndrome clinical and neuromorphofunctional diagnosis: a case report].
The Syndrome of Gerstmann-Straussler is a constellation of typical symptoms that affects the parietotemporal crossroad and also involves the contiguous parts of the occipital lobe of the dominant hemisphere. Is a family ailment that starts with an espinocerebellar ataxy followed by dementia. Diagnosis options such as EEG, TC, RM and brain SPECT-99mTc-HMPAO have been carried out in an adult with Gerstmann Syndrome.


RESULTS
The brain SPECT disclosed a disminution of the flow at the parietotemporooccipital areas of both hemispheres. The results revealed a clinical and a neuromorphofunctional correlation.


CONCLUSIONS
Brain SPECT is a complementary test to the structural neuroradiological examinations, such as TC and RM, that occasionally is useful not only to clarify but also to widen the information that these offer.
Ceballos Alonso
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Servicio de Medicina Nuclear, Hospital Miguel Servet, Zaragoza.
Baringo Fuentes
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Pelegŕin Valero
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D016098:Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009778:Occipital Lobe / Q000098:blood supply / Q000503:physiopathology; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000098:blood supply / Q000503:physiopathology; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000098:blood supply / Q000503:physiopathology; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
Síndrome de Gerstmann-Straussler: Diagnóstico clínico y neuromorfofuncional. A propósito de un caso.