Gerstmann syndrome

Definition

Gerstmann syndrome is a very rare neurological disorder characterised by the specific association of acalculia, finger agnosia, left-right disorientation, and agraphia, which is supposed to be secondary to a focal subcortical white matter damage in the parietal lobe.

Exclusions

• Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker syndrome (8E02.1)

Also indexed as

Nearby in Symptoms or signs involving the nervous system

• MB40Sensation disturbance
• MB41Disturbances of smell or taste
• MB42Phonophobia
• MB43Dyssomnia
• MB44Abnormalities of gait or mobility
• MB45Lack of coordination
• MB46Abnormal involuntary movements
• MB47Abnormality of tonus or reflex