title: Defective spatial imagery with pure Gerstmann's syndrome.
abstract: Gerstmann's syndrome comprises finger agnosia, peripheral agraphia, anarithmetia, and right-left confusion. We here report a single-case study of an 85-year-old ambidextrous man who exhibited pure Gerstmann's syndrome (i.e., without aphasia) 10 weeks after a stroke involving the angular gyrus in the left parietal lobe. We hypothesize that, in this case, the main cognitive denominator of Gerstmann's tetrad was a severe dysfunction in mental rotation and translation. This report provides further evidence for the spatial nature of Gerstmann's syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Service de Rééducation, Hopitaux Universitaires de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carota
authors.forename: Marie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Di Pietro
authors.forename: Radek
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ptak
authors.forename: Davide
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Poglia
authors.forename: Armin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schnider
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology; D005862:Gerstmann Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D019018:Imagery, Psychotherapy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D021641:Recognition, Psychology; D013028:Space Perception / Q000502:physiology*