Journal
NEUROLOGIST
Volume 16, Issue 2, Pages 106-108Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/NRL.0b013e3181a0d670
Keywords
alien limb; dystonia; botulinum toxin; clonazepam; case report
Categories
Funding
- National Parkinson Foundation Center of Excellence (NPF-COE)
Ask authors/readers for more resources
We discuss a patient who developed an alien limb on her right side after brain herniation. She reported feeling as though her arm movements were controlled by a stranger and displayed limb levitation and groping behaviors. She received 0.5 mg clonazepam b.i.d. This was followed by a limb levitation frequency reduction of 73%. Discontinuation and retrial of clonazepam verified this response. She suffered a psychotic episode that she attributed to clonazepam. Clonazepam was discontinued. She received botulinum toxin injections to her arm that reduced her limb levitation by 84%. This is the first report of response to medication in alien limb syndrome.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available