A Case of Recurrent Hypersomnia.
- Author:
Kyung Hun KANG
1
;
Jong Geun SUH
;
Ho Won LEE
;
Doo Kyo JUNG
;
Chung Kyu SUH
;
Sung Pa PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea. neuromd@mail.knu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Recurrent hypersomnia;
Old woman
- MeSH:
Brain;
Disorders of Excessive Somnolence*;
Female;
Humans;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Middle Aged;
Physical Examination;
Sleep Stages
- From:Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
2005;23(6):833-835
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Recurrent hypersomnia is a disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of hypersomnia that typically occur weeks or months apart. We describe a 60-year-old woman with a four-year history of recurrent hypersomnia. Physical examinations, laboratory tests, and brain MRI showed no significant abnormality in the patient. Nocturnal polysomnographic study showed high sleep efficiency, absent sleep stage 3 and 4, and reduced sleep latency. The multiple sleep latency tests showed short sleep latency and five episodes of sleep-onset REM periods. This is the oldest known case of recurrent hypersomnia.
