J Clin Neurol.  2016 Apr;12(2):243-244. 10.3988/jcn.2016.12.2.243.

Pure Posterior Alien Hand Syndrome Following a Cerebrovascular Lesion: Clinicoradiological Correlates

• Yulug B
• Hanoglu L
• Cakır T
• Polat B
• Tavlı AM
• Yılmaz NH

• KMID: 2354149
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3988/jcn.2016.12.2.243

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Alien Hand Syndrome*
Emigrants and Immigrants*
Humans

Figure

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  Fig. 1 A hemorrhagically transformed ischemic area is evident in axial T1-weighted MRI, and significant hypometabolism in the right-side parietotemporal cortical area is revealed by FDG-PET. The raw FDG-PET data were processed using NeuroQ software (version 3.5, Syntermed), and the average pixel values in standardized regions of interest were calculated automatically. Areas and whole-brain ratios were compared to normal values in a database.

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