Useless hand of Oppenheim--magnetic resonance imaging findings.
A patient with multiple sclerosis developed a useless, deafferented left hand, as described previously by Oppenheim. Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrates that this is caused by an ipsilateral plaque of demyelination in the posterior columns of the cervical cord.
Coleman
R J
RJ
Department of Neurology, St James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK.
Russon
L
L
Blanshard
K
K
Currie
S
S
D000328:Adult; D006225:Hand; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000473:pathology*; D010243:Paralysis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology*