Alien Hand Syndrome in Stroke - Case Report & Neurophysiologic Study -

Alien Hand Syndrome in Stroke - Case Report & Neurophysiologic Study -

Alien Hand Syndrome is defined as unwilled, uncontrollable, but seemingly purposeful movements of an upper limb. Two major criteria for the diagnosis are complaint of a foreign limb and complex, autonomous, involuntary motor activity that is not part of an identifiable movement disorder. After a cerebrovascular accident in the corpus callosum, the parietal, or frontal regions, various abnormal ...

Case Report: 84 year-old woman with alien hand syndrome

Background: Alien hand syndrome [AHS] is a rare and ill-defined neurological disorder. It produces complex, goal-directed motion of one hand that is involuntarily instigated. This syndrome characteristically arises after brain trauma, brain surgery, stroke or encephalitis. We describe a case of AHS in a patient who had a previous episode of subarachnoid hemorrhage affecting the left frontal lob...

Alien hand sign or alien hand syndrome?

The alien hand syndrome: What makes the alien hand alien?

The alien hand syndrome is a deeply puzzling phenomenon in which brain-damaged patients experience their limb performing seemingly purposeful acts without their intention. Furthermore, the limb may interfere with the actions of their normal limb. We report a case of alien hand syndrome following a left medial frontal and corpus callosum ischemic lesion. From our clinical observations and the pa...

One Case-report of Hand-Schuller-christian Syndrome in Children

SUMMARY Histiocytosis X is associated with idiopathic Proliferation of histiocytes and infiltration of eosinophils in bone marrow Spleen, Liver and other Soft tissues. Clinically there are three distinct forms:  1 - Eosinophilic granuloma is the most benign and Localized form of the disease.  2- Letterer- Siwe is the most malignant, generalized and fatal form of the disease.  3- Hand- Schul...