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Postgraduate Medical Journal 2005;81:e2; doi:10.1136/pgmj.2004.027086
Copyright © 2005 The Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine.
Postgraduate Medical Journal 2005;81:e2
© 2005 Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine

CASE REPORT

Supernumerary phantom limb after stroke

A M O Bakheit1 and S Roundhill2

1 Peninsula Medical School, Universities of Exeter and Plymouth, UK
2 Plymouth Primary Care Trust,UK

Correspondence to:
Correspondence to:
Professor A M O Bakheit
Stroke Unit, Mount Gould Hospital, Plymouth PL4 7QD, UK; magid.bakheit{at}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.

Keywords: phantom limbs; stroke


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