Gerstmann's syndrome: can cardiac myxoma be the cause?
Cardiac myxomas are primary cardiac tumours. Clinical presentations vary. Central nervous embolism has been a constant association. We describe a case of a 40-year-old female who presented with neurological signs and symptoms of Gerstmann's syndrome secondary to a left atrial myxoma.
Sakellaridis
Timothy
T
2nd Cardiac Surgery Department, Evangelismos General Hospital, Athens, Greece. sakellaridis-t@yahoo.gr
Argiriou
Michalis
M
Koukis
Ioannis
I
Panagiotakopoulos
Vicror
V
Spiliotopoulos
Constantinos
C
Dimakopoulou
Antonia
A
Charitos
Christos
C
D000328:Adult; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D005862:Gerstmann Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D009232:Myxoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed