MRI correlates of alien leg-like phenomenon in corticobasal degeneration.
We describe the clinical and neuroradiologic correlates in two patients with the clinical picture of CBD and alien leg phenomena. The MRI brain scan in both had unique focal abnormalities in the corresponding leg area of the homunculus that may be the substrate for the alien limb features.
Hu
William T
WT
Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.
Josephs
Keith A
KA
Ahlskog
J Eric
JE
Shin
Cheolsu
C
Boeve
Bradley F
BF
Witte
Robert J
RJ
D000368:Aged; D001479:Basal Ganglia / Q000473:pathology*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D019636:Neurodegenerative Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*