title: Bilateral alien hand syndrome in cerebrovascular disease: CT, MR, CT angiography, and 99mTc-HMPAO-SPECT findings.
abstract: We report a 65-year-old man with a right cerebral infarction that occurred 15 years ago and a residual left hemiparesis that began with progressive contralateral hemiparesis. During the hospitalization, the patient developed a bilateral alien hand syndrome. Urgent CT, MR, CT angiography, and brain perfusion SPECT were performed that revealed an old right cerebral infarction and a new ischemic lesion in left parietal lobe and adjacent brain territories.
authors.affiliation: From the Nuclear Medicine Department, Infanta Cristina Hospital, Badajoz, Spain.
authors.forename: Justo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Serrano-Vicente
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Duran-Barquero
authors.forename: Lucia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Garcia-Bernardo
authors.forename: Maria Luz
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Dominguez-Grande
authors.forename: Jose Rafael
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Infante-Torre
authors.forename: Juan Ignacio
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Rayo-Madrid
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D055964:Alien Limb Phenomenon / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019690:Technetium Tc 99m Exametazime; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019690:Technetium Tc 99m Exametazime