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Supernumerary phantom limb after stroke.

Bakheit AM, Roundhill S

Peninsula Medical School, Universities of Exeter and Plymouth, UK. magid.bakheit@pcs-tr.swest.nhs.uk

The perception of a phantom limb is commonly reported after amputations. However, only a few cases have been described after a stroke. This article presents a patient who reported a supernumerary phantom limb (pseudopolymelia) after spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage and discusses the possible underlying mechanisms for this rare phenomenon.

Published 7 March 2005 in Postgrad Med J, 81(953): e2.
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