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Stroke with supernumerary phantom limb: case study, review of literature and pathogenesis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 June 2014

Abhishek Srivastava ,
Arun B. Taly ,
Anupam Gupta ,
Thyloth Murali ,
Mohan L. Noone ,
Jagadisha Thirthahalli ,
B. N. Gangadhar ,
J. Keshav Kumar  and
P. N. Jayakumar
Abhishek Srivastava*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatric and Neurological Rehabilitation, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Arun B. Taly
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Anupam Gupta
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatric and Neurological Rehabilitation, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Thyloth Murali
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatric and Neurological Rehabilitation, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Mohan L. Noone
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Jagadisha Thirthahalli
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
B. N. Gangadhar
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
J. Keshav Kumar
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India Department of Mental Health and Social Psychology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
P. N. Jayakumar
Affiliation:
Department of Neuro Imaging and Intervention Radiology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
*
Department of Psychiatric and Neurological Rehabilitation, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore 560029, Karnataka, India. Tel: 91-080-26995287 (0); Mobile: 91-9880518070; Fax: 91-080-26564830; E-mail: abhisrivastav_jai@yahoo.com
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Abstract

Objective:

Constitute hypothesis for origin of supernumerary phantom limb (SPL) after stroke.

Method:

Single case description, review of literature and formulation of hypothesis.

Results:

A 59-year-old lady was evaluated for complaints of left-sided hemiparesis and extra limbs attached to her left shoulder for the past 7 months. Neuropsychological assessment revealed left hemineglect with SPL, and profile suggested bilateral frontal, right parietotemporal and basal ganglia involvement. Magnetic resonance imaging brain scan showed gliotic cavity secondary to the old haematoma in right putamen with white matter changes in the right frontoparietotemporal lobes.

Conclusions:

The conceptual framework of body schema can be used to classify many of the neurological disorders of body representation. Generation of SPL comes under the subtype of pathology of updating among the disorders of body schema. The continuous updating allows the body schema to modulate perceptual processing of objects according to their position in space. Brain areas classified as parts of motor system can, under pathological conditions (haemorrhage), influence body perception. So, when she used to move her arm, the representation of the estimated position was not updated by the motor commands. Sensory and motor information therefore becomes discrepant, and failure to integrate these two sources of information leads to loss of normal coherence, and the perceived shape of the body was altered by adding a SPL to accommodate the discrepancy.

Keywords

basal gangliabody schemahemiparesisintracerebral haemorrhagestrokesupernumerary phantom limb

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Acta Neuropsychiatrica , Volume 20 , Issue 5 , October 2008 , pp. 256 - 264
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Copyright © 2008 Blackwell Munksgaard

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