title: Supernumerary phantom limbs in ICU patients with acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the previously undescribed phenomenon of phantom limb generation in patients with severe acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (AIDP).
  
  
  METHODS
  Between April 2011 and January 2014, we encountered 3 patients with AIDP in our intensive care unit who experienced features of self-limited supernumerary phantom limbs (SPLs) during their course.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The following case series describes the phenomenon of SPLs in AIDP.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This report aims to raise awareness of the possibility of SPLs in the course of AIDP. The pathophysiology and management strategies for this clinical phenomenon are unknown.
authors.affiliation: From the Departments of Clinical Neurological Sciences (A.N.M., T.E.G.) and Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (V.S.), Western University, London, Canada.
authors.forename: Alexander N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Melinyshyn
authors.affiliation: From the Departments of Clinical Neurological Sciences (A.N.M., T.E.G.) and Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (V.S.), Western University, London, Canada. teneille.gofton@lhsc.on.ca.
authors.forename: Teneille E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Gofton
authors.affiliation: From the Departments of Clinical Neurological Sciences (A.N.M., T.E.G.) and Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (V.S.), Western University, London, Canada.
authors.forename: Valerie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Schulz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D020275:Guillain-Barre Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain; D010591:Phantom Limb / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D013315:Stress, Psychological