How many alien hand syndromes? Follow-up of a case

Trojano, L.; Crisci, C.; Lanzillo, B.; Elefante, R.; Caruso, G.

Neurology 43(12): 2710-2712

1993


ISSN/ISBN: 0028-3878
PMID: 8255486
Document Number: 418400
We report the follow-up of a patient affected by a persistent alien left nondominant hand. CT and MRT showed an ischemic lesion localized to the mesial frontal region and involving the supplementary motor area and anterior fibers of the corpus callosum. These findings support theories suggesting a critical role of both these lesions in determining "chronic" forms of alien hand of either upper limb.

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