Synonyms:
a.k.a. alien hand syndrome
Diagnosis:
This is a clinical diagnosis
Clinical features:
Inability to recognise ones limb once visual cues are removed or autonomous movements that are involuntary
Also may have; apraxia, bimanual coordination difficulty, lack of goal directed activities
Localisation: anterior corpus callosum, frontal lobe
Investigations to consider:
MRI: corpus callosum lesions e.g. strokes, bifrontal pathology