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Arm levitation sign in acute right frontoparietal infarct
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Arm levitation sign in acute right frontoparietal infarct

Mohammed H Alanazy, Bijoy K Menon and Andrew M Demchuk
Neurosciences (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), Vol.16(1), pp.66-67
01/01/2011
PMID: 21206448

Abstract

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.

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