Alien hand sign after a right parietal infarction

Involuntary movements are unusual during or after acute stroke, and alien h and sign has not been reported after single parietal infarction. We report on a woman who presented with involuntary movements and a sense of aliennes s of her left upper limb following a right parietal infarction, This combin ation, that can meet the criteria for the 'alien hand syndrome', is rarely seen after acute lesions sparing the corpus callosum and the mesial frontal areas, Copyright (C) 2000 S. Karger AG, Basel.