Alien limb syndrome and moya-moya disease.
We present the case of a 29-year-old woman with an alien limb and callosal disconnection syndrome who was diagnosed with moya-moya disease. We discuss the potential mechanisms responsible for the alien limb syndrome.
Rabbani
Omid
O
Department of Neurology, McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, USA.
Bowen
Lennon E
LE
Watson
Robert T
RT
Valenstein
Edward
E
Okun
Michael S
MS
D000328:Adult; D001132:Arm / Q000294:innervation; D001364:Awareness / Q000502:physiology; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D003097:Collateral Circulation / Q000502:physiology; D003337:Corpus Callosum / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008576:Meningeal Arteries / Q000503:physiopathology; D009072:Moyamoya Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D010468:Perceptual Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D020769:Posterior Cerebral Artery / Q000503:physiopathology