RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Arm levitation sign in acute right frontoparietal infarct
JF Neurosciences Journal
JO Neurosciences (Riyadh)
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 66
OP 67
VO 16
IS 1
A1 Mohammed H. Alanazy
A1 Bijoy K. Menon
A1 Andrew M. Demchuk
YR 2011
UL http://nsj.org.sa/content/16/1/66.abstract
AB We present the case of an 80-year-old female with acute right fronto-parietal stroke and an interesting neurological sign on clinical examination; the arm levitation sign. We discuss the imaging correlates of this sign and hypothesize on the possible functional etiology of the sign. We also discuss in brief, the possibility of neuronal misconnections causing the sign and the resultant problems with rehabilitation when patients have this sign.