Position-dependent levitation of the dominant arm after left parietal stroke: an unreported feature of posterior alien limb syndrome?

Mov Disord. 2005 May;20(5):632-3. doi: 10.1002/mds.20404.

Abstract

We describe a patient with an unreported feature of posterior alien limb phenomenon characterized by position-dependent levitation of the dominant arm exacerbated by tactile stimulation and associated with low-amplitude tremor of the fingers of the right hand in addition to a sensation of strangeness in the arm, secondary to a left parietal stroke.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Arm / physiopathology*
  • Dyskinesias / etiology*
  • Dyskinesias / physiopathology*
  • Female
  • Functional Laterality / physiology*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Middle Aged
  • Parietal Lobe / pathology*
  • Posture*
  • Stroke / complications*
  • Stroke / pathology*