Alien hand syndrome in AIDS: Neuropsychological features and physiopathological considerations based on a case report
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Resumo: | Abstract Alien hand syndrome consists of an autonomous motor activity perceived as an involuntary yet purposeful movement, with a feeling of foreignness of the involved limb, commonly associated with a failure to recognize ownership of the limb in the absence of visual cues. A 41 year old left-handed woman, HIV positive, evolved with loss of control in the left hand. Her left hand presented extravolitional movements, as if having a will of its own, not responding to commands such as opening a door or holding an umbrella, but instead groping unneeded objects. She had talked to her hand and even fought it. In addition, other clinical presentations including recent memory loss, hemineglect and dysphoria were observed. Computed tomography revealed a hypodensity area in the right frontal-parietal region, with midline deviation. Considering clinical and epidemiological data, the diagnosis of Central Nervous System (CNS) toxoplasmosis was reached. No previous reports showing association among AIDS, toxoplasmosis and alien hand syndrome were found. |
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Alien hand syndrome in AIDS: Neuropsychological features and physiopathological considerations based on a case reportalien hand syndromepathophysiologytoxoplasmosisAIDSfrontalparietalcorpus callosumAbstract Alien hand syndrome consists of an autonomous motor activity perceived as an involuntary yet purposeful movement, with a feeling of foreignness of the involved limb, commonly associated with a failure to recognize ownership of the limb in the absence of visual cues. A 41 year old left-handed woman, HIV positive, evolved with loss of control in the left hand. Her left hand presented extravolitional movements, as if having a will of its own, not responding to commands such as opening a door or holding an umbrella, but instead groping unneeded objects. She had talked to her hand and even fought it. In addition, other clinical presentations including recent memory loss, hemineglect and dysphoria were observed. Computed tomography revealed a hypodensity area in the right frontal-parietal region, with midline deviation. Considering clinical and epidemiological data, the diagnosis of Central Nervous System (CNS) toxoplasmosis was reached. No previous reports showing association among AIDS, toxoplasmosis and alien hand syndrome were found.Academia Brasileira de Neurologia, Departamento de Neurologia Cognitiva e Envelhecimento2007-12-01info:eu-repo/semantics/reportinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1980-57642007000400418Dementia & Neuropsychologia v.1 n.4 2007reponame:Dementia & Neuropsychologiainstname:Associação de Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento (ANCC)instacron:ANCC10.1590/S1980-57642008DN10400016info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessCaixeta,LeonardoMaciel,PatríciaNunes,JulianaNazareno,LarissaAraújo,LetíciaBorges,Jules Rimeteng2016-09-29T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S1980-57642007000400418Revistahttp://www.demneuropsy.com.br/ONGhttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.php||demneuropsy@uol.com.br1980-57641980-5764opendoar:2016-09-29T00:00Dementia & Neuropsychologia - Associação de Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento (ANCC)false |
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Alien hand syndrome in AIDS: Neuropsychological features and physiopathological considerations based on a case report |
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Alien hand syndrome in AIDS: Neuropsychological features and physiopathological considerations based on a case report |
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Alien hand syndrome in AIDS: Neuropsychological features and physiopathological considerations based on a case report Caixeta,Leonardo alien hand syndrome pathophysiology toxoplasmosis AIDS frontal parietal corpus callosum |
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Alien hand syndrome in AIDS: Neuropsychological features and physiopathological considerations based on a case report |
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Alien hand syndrome in AIDS: Neuropsychological features and physiopathological considerations based on a case report |
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Alien hand syndrome in AIDS: Neuropsychological features and physiopathological considerations based on a case report |
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Alien hand syndrome in AIDS: Neuropsychological features and physiopathological considerations based on a case report |
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Alien hand syndrome in AIDS: Neuropsychological features and physiopathological considerations based on a case report |
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Caixeta,Leonardo |
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Caixeta,Leonardo Maciel,Patrícia Nunes,Juliana Nazareno,Larissa Araújo,Letícia Borges,Jules Rimet |
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Maciel,Patrícia Nunes,Juliana Nazareno,Larissa Araújo,Letícia Borges,Jules Rimet |
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Caixeta,Leonardo Maciel,Patrícia Nunes,Juliana Nazareno,Larissa Araújo,Letícia Borges,Jules Rimet |
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alien hand syndrome pathophysiology toxoplasmosis AIDS frontal parietal corpus callosum |
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alien hand syndrome pathophysiology toxoplasmosis AIDS frontal parietal corpus callosum |
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Abstract Alien hand syndrome consists of an autonomous motor activity perceived as an involuntary yet purposeful movement, with a feeling of foreignness of the involved limb, commonly associated with a failure to recognize ownership of the limb in the absence of visual cues. A 41 year old left-handed woman, HIV positive, evolved with loss of control in the left hand. Her left hand presented extravolitional movements, as if having a will of its own, not responding to commands such as opening a door or holding an umbrella, but instead groping unneeded objects. She had talked to her hand and even fought it. In addition, other clinical presentations including recent memory loss, hemineglect and dysphoria were observed. Computed tomography revealed a hypodensity area in the right frontal-parietal region, with midline deviation. Considering clinical and epidemiological data, the diagnosis of Central Nervous System (CNS) toxoplasmosis was reached. No previous reports showing association among AIDS, toxoplasmosis and alien hand syndrome were found. |
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