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Finger agnosia

MedGen UID:
115960
•Concept ID:
C0234509
•
Finding
Synonym: Finger agnosia (disease)
SNOMED CT: Finger agnosia (3449007)
 
HPO: HP:0010525
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0000671

Definition

The examiner identified the inability to name, move, or touch specific fingers. [from HPO]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Identification, diagnosis and treatment of prosopagnosia.
Shah P
Br J Psychiatry 2016 Jan;208(1):94-5. doi: 10.1192/bjp.208.1.94b. PMID: 26729846
Management of Landau-Kleffner syndrome.
Mikati MA, Shamseddine AN
Paediatr Drugs 2005;7(6):377-89. doi: 10.2165/00148581-200507060-00006. PMID: 16356025
Clinical management of agnosia.
Burns MS
Top Stroke Rehabil 2004 Winter;11(1):1-9. doi: 10.1310/N13K-YKYQ-3XX1-NFAV. PMID: 14872395

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Symptomatology after damage to the angular gyrus through the lenses of modern lesion-symptom mapping.
Seghier ML
Cortex 2024 Oct;179:77-90. Epub 2024 Aug 3 doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2024.07.005. PMID: 39153389
Gerstmann Syndrome Case-Control Study: Correlation between Brain Lesions & Functional Disability.
Al-Samaraie AAS
Int Tinnitus J 2024 Mar 21;27(2):247-252. doi: 10.5935/0946-5448.20230038. PMID: 38507641
Neurological soft signs in Chinese adolescents with schizophrenia and schizotypal personality traits.
Wang X, Cai L, Li L, Yang Y, Zhu X
Int J Dev Neurosci 2016 Oct;53:53-57. Epub 2016 Jul 16 doi: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2016.07.002. PMID: 27432262
Neurological soft signs in Chinese adolescents with antisocial personality traits.
Wang X, Cai L, Li L, Yang Y, Yao S, Zhu X
Psychiatry Res 2016 Sep 30;243:143-6. Epub 2016 Jul 1 doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2016.04.023. PMID: 27392230
Developmental output failure: a study of low productivity in school-aged children.
Levine MD, Oberklaid F, Meltzer L
Pediatrics 1981 Jan;67(1):18-25. PMID: 6165958

Diagnosis

Evaluation of cognitive deficits in patients infected with COVID-19.
Arica-Polat BS, Gündoğdu AA, Cinar N, Uncu G, Ayas ZO, Iseri P, Karadas O, Adapinar DO
Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2022 Jan;26(2):678-685. doi: 10.26355/eurrev_202201_27894. PMID: 35113443
A Rare Clinical Antity; Pure Gerstmann Syndrome.
Tekgol Uzuner G, Ubur A, Erten M, Uzuner N
J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis 2020 Oct;29(10):105161. Epub 2020 Jul 29 doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2020.105161. PMID: 32912538
Gerstmann syndrome: historic and current perspectives.
Rusconi E
Handb Clin Neurol 2018;151:395-411. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-63622-5.00020-6. PMID: 29519471
Finger agnosia and cognitive deficits in patients with Alzheimer's disease.
Davis AS, Trotter JS, Hertza J, Bell CD, Dean RS
Appl Neuropsychol Adult 2012;19(2):116-20. doi: 10.1080/09084282.2011.643949. PMID: 23373578
Spatial neglect, Balint-Homes' and Gerstmann's syndrome, and other spatial disorders.
Vallar G
CNS Spectr 2007 Jul;12(7):527-36. doi: 10.1017/s1092852900021271. PMID: 17603404

Therapy

Yellow fever vaccine-associated neurological disease, a suspicious case.
Beirão P, Pereira P, Nunes A, Antunes P
BMJ Case Rep 2017 Mar 2;2017 doi: 10.1136/bcr-2016-218706. PMID: 28254833Free PMC Article
Gerstmann's syndrome associated with diagnostic cerebral angiography.
Wu YT, Chen LC, Lin SL, Chang ST
Brain Inj 2013;27(2):239-41. Epub 2013 Jan 16 doi: 10.3109/02699052.2012.694569. PMID: 23324021
Differences in finger localisation performance of patients with finger agnosia.
Anema HA, Kessels RP, de Haan EH, Kappelle LJ, Leijten FS, van Zandvoort MJ, Dijkerman HC
Neuroreport 2008 Sep 17;19(14):1429-33. doi: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e32830e017b. PMID: 18766025
Dexterity with numbers: rTMS over left angular gyrus disrupts finger gnosis and number processing.
Rusconi E, Walsh V, Butterworth B
Neuropsychologia 2005;43(11):1609-24. Epub 2005 Mar 23 doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2005.01.009. PMID: 16009243
Feasibility and validity of three computer-assisted neurobehavioral tests in 7-year-old children.
Dahl R, White RF, Weihe P, Sørensen N, Letz R, Hudnell HK, Otto DA, Grandjean P
Neurotoxicol Teratol 1996 Jul-Aug;18(4):413-9. doi: 10.1016/0892-0362(96)00031-1. PMID: 8866532

Prognosis

Symptomatology after damage to the angular gyrus through the lenses of modern lesion-symptom mapping.
Seghier ML
Cortex 2024 Oct;179:77-90. Epub 2024 Aug 3 doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2024.07.005. PMID: 39153389
Gray Matter Correlates of Finger Gnosis in Children: A VBM Study.
Soylu F, Seo R, Newman M, Newman SD
Neuroscience 2019 Apr 15;404:82-90. Epub 2019 Jan 27 doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2019.01.032. PMID: 30699334
Body representation disorders predict left right orientation impairments after stroke: A voxel-based lesion symptom mapping study.
van Stralen HE, Dijkerman HC, Biesbroek JM, Kuijf HJ, van Gemert HMA, Sluiter D, Kappelle LJ, van Zandvoort MJE
Cortex 2018 Jul;104:140-153. Epub 2017 Jun 7 doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2017.05.025. PMID: 28732749
Finger agnosia and cognitive deficits in patients with Alzheimer's disease.
Davis AS, Trotter JS, Hertza J, Bell CD, Dean RS
Appl Neuropsychol Adult 2012;19(2):116-20. doi: 10.1080/09084282.2011.643949. PMID: 23373578
Feasibility and validity of three computer-assisted neurobehavioral tests in 7-year-old children.
Dahl R, White RF, Weihe P, Sørensen N, Letz R, Hudnell HK, Otto DA, Grandjean P
Neurotoxicol Teratol 1996 Jul-Aug;18(4):413-9. doi: 10.1016/0892-0362(96)00031-1. PMID: 8866532

Clinical prediction guides

Symptomatology after damage to the angular gyrus through the lenses of modern lesion-symptom mapping.
Seghier ML
Cortex 2024 Oct;179:77-90. Epub 2024 Aug 3 doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2024.07.005. PMID: 39153389
Evaluation of cognitive deficits in patients infected with COVID-19.
Arica-Polat BS, Gündoğdu AA, Cinar N, Uncu G, Ayas ZO, Iseri P, Karadas O, Adapinar DO
Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2022 Jan;26(2):678-685. doi: 10.26355/eurrev_202201_27894. PMID: 35113443
Gray Matter Correlates of Finger Gnosis in Children: A VBM Study.
Soylu F, Seo R, Newman M, Newman SD
Neuroscience 2019 Apr 15;404:82-90. Epub 2019 Jan 27 doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2019.01.032. PMID: 30699334
Finger agnosia and cognitive deficits in patients with Alzheimer's disease.
Davis AS, Trotter JS, Hertza J, Bell CD, Dean RS
Appl Neuropsychol Adult 2012;19(2):116-20. doi: 10.1080/09084282.2011.643949. PMID: 23373578
Developmental Gerstmann's syndrome.
PeBenito R, Fisch CB, Fisch ML
Arch Neurol 1988 Sep;45(9):977-82. doi: 10.1001/archneur.1988.00520330063011. PMID: 3415528

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