Exploding Head Syndrome.
- Author:
Sang Jun PARK
1
;
Su Hyeon KIM
;
Kee Hyung PARK
;
Young Hee SUNG
;
Yeong Bae LEE
;
Hyeon Mi PARK
;
Dong Jin SHIN
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Exploding head syndrome; Parasomnia
- MeSH: Explosions; Head; Humans; Korea; Noise; Parasomnias
- From:Journal of the Korean Neurological Association 2009;27(2):170-173
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
- Abstract: Exploding head syndrome (EHS) is characterized by a sudden loud imagined noise or sense of a violent explosion in the head occurring as the patient is falling asleep or waking during the night. EHS is classified as "other parasomnia" on the ICSD-2 (International Classification of Sleep Disorders), and the neurophysiologic mechanisms underlying this hypnagogic phenomenon are unknown. EHS is a rare type of other parasomnia that has not been reported in Korea. We report two cases of EHS that presented with typical clinical symptoms.
