Alien hand syndrome is a phenomenon in which one hand is not under control of the mind. The person loses control of the hand, and it acts as if it has a mind of ...NCBISkiptomaincontentSkiptonavigationResourcesHowToAboutNCBIAccesskeysMyNCBISignintoNCBISignOutJournalListProc(BaylUnivMedCent)v.27(3);2014JulPMC4059570Proc(BaylUnivMedCent).2014Jul;27(3):219–220.doi: 10.1080/08998280.2014.11929115PMCID:PMC4059570PMID:24982566ThealienhandsyndromeRageshPanikkath,MD,DeepaPanikkath,MD,DebMojumder,MD,PhD,andKennethNugent,MDAuthorinformationCopyrightandLicenseinformationDisclaimerFromtheDepartmentofInternalMedicineandNeurology,TexasTechUniversityHealthSciencesCenterSchoolofMedicine,Lubbock,Texas.Correspondingauthor.Correspondingauthor:RageshPanikkath,MD,TexasTechUniversityHealthSciencesCenterSchoolofMedicine,36014thStreet,MS9410,Lubbock,TX79430(e-mail:[email protected];moc.liamg@phsegarrd).Copyright©2014,BaylorUniversityMedicalCenterThisarticlehasbeencitedbyotherarticlesinPMC.A77-year-oldwomanpresentedwiththecomplaintofobservingherlefthandmovingwithoutherknowledgewhilewatchingtelevision.Herlefthandstrokedherfaceandhairasifsomebodywascontrollingit.Thesemovementslastedonlyhalfanhourbutonrecovery,shehadlefthemiparesis.Alienhandsyndromeasthepresentationofcardioembolicstrokeisextremelyrarebutcanbeterrifyingtopatients.Alienhandsyndromeisaphenomenoninwhichonehandisnotundercontrolofthemind.Thepersonlosescontrolofthehand,anditactsasifithasamindofitsown.Theetiologyincludesneurosurgery,tumor,aneurysms,andrarelystroke(1).Thiscaseispresentedtocreateawarenessofthisinterestingclinicalscenario,whichcanbeterrifyingtothepatientsandconfusingtothephysicianswhoarenotawareofit.A77-year-oldwomanwithchronicatrialfibrillationhadheranticoagulationstoppedtemporarilyforspinesurgery.Nobridgingwithlow-molecular-weightheparinwasdone.Twodayslater,whilewatchingtelevision,shenotedherlefthandflingingacrosshervisualfield.Herlefthandstrokedherfaceandhairwithoutherwill.Shegotterrified.Herattemptstocontro