We describe a patient with pseudoradial nerve palsy caused by acute ischaemic stroke ('cortical hand') to emphasise how preserved synkinetic wrist extension following fist closure can distinguish this from peripheral causes of wrist drop.
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Synkinetic wrist extension in distinguishing cortical hand from radial nerve palsy.
Pract Neurol
December 2018
Division of Neurology, Franz Tappeiner Hospital, Merano, Italy.
We describe a patient with pseudoradial nerve palsy caused by acute ischaemic stroke ('cortical hand') to emphasise how preserved synkinetic wrist extension following fist closure can distinguish this from peripheral causes of wrist drop.
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