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ABSTRACT. A 75-year-old right-handed woman presented to the emergency department with simultanagnosia and right unilateral optic ataxia. Moreover, the patient had agraphia, acalculia, digital agnosia and right-left disorientation, consistent with complete Gerstmann's syndrome. This case highlights the concurrence of Gerstmann's syndrome and unilateral optic ataxia in the acute phase of a left middle cerebral artery stroke.RESUMO. Uma paciente de 75 anos e destra se apresentou à sala de emergência com quadro de simultanagnosia e ataxia óptica unilateral à direita. Além disso, a paciente tinha agrafia, acalculia, agnosia digital e desorientação direita-esquerda, compatíveis com a síndrome de Gerstmann. O presente caso destaca a ocorrência simultânea da síndrome de Gerstmann com ataxia óptica unilateral na fase aguda do acidente vascular cerebral da artéria cerebral média esquerda.
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Barbosa, B. J. A. P., Brito, M. H. de, Rodrigues, J. C., Kubota, G. T., & Parmera, J. B. (2017). Gerstmann’s syndrome and unilateral optic ataxia in the emergency department. Dementia & Neuropsychologia, 11(4), 459–461. https://doi.org/10.1590/1980-57642016dn11-040018
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