Nocturnal Complex Partial Seizures Precipitated by REM Sleep

Silvestri, Rosalia; Domenico, P. De; Musolino, Rosa Fortunata; Mento, G.; Marabello, L.; Longo, Marcello; Perri, R. Di

doi:10.1159/000116383

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“…7 The initial favorable outcome after temporal lobectomy could relate to the depletion of the volume of epileptogenic tissue with subsequent reactivation. We decided to hold immunosuppressive therapies 2,9 in reserve as our current findings suggest that intractable sei-zures may be present without progressive encephalitis, and there is no convincing evidence for an antiepileptic effect of such treatment. 8 The other alternative of progressive encephalitis is not substantiated from the postoperative clinical course and investigations.…”

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Catathrenia (nocturnal groaning): A new type of parasomnia

Vetrugno

Provini²,

Plazzi³

et al. 2001

Neurology

101

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Four patients between 15 and 25 years of age presented with exclusively expiratory groaning during sleep. Groaning usually occurred during the second part of the night, beginning at age 5 to 16 years. Patients were unaware of the nocturnal noise, but it alarmed others. Results of otorhinolaryngologic and neurologic examinations were normal. Expiratory groaning arose during REM and non-REM sleep stage 2, and was repeated in clusters. Nocturnal groaning, which the authors term catathrenia, represents a distinctive parasomnia.

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Catathrenia (nocturnal groaning): A new type of parasomnia

Vetrugno

Provini²,

Plazzi³

et al. 2001

Neurology

101

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“…Sleepwalking is a symptom that indicates the presence of one of several pathophysiological conditions including classical somnambulism (Broughton, 1968), nocturnal partial-complex seizures (Hauri, 1982;Silvestri, et al, 1989) REM behavior disorder (Schenck, Patterson, & Mahowald, 1987) and somnambulism secondary to medication effects (Charney, Kales, Soldatos, & Nelson, 1979).…”

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Somnambulistic eating: A report of three cases

Whyte

Kavey

1990

Int. J. Eat. Disord.

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Somnambulism is a disorder of arousal that often includes complex, wake‐like behavior with an unclear connection to conscious wishes. During episodes of somnambulism, appetitive behaviors are unusual and, when they do, occur, raise questions as to the true state of consciousness of the patient. This is the first report of somnambulistic sleepeating in which polysomnographic studies were performed to document the sleep‐related nature of the nocturnal eating. During all‐night sleep studies, three patients complaining of eating during sleep had episodic behavior in non‐REM sleep, consistent with a somnambulistic etiology. In all three patients, a conscious preoccupation with food was present and two patients showed a high percentage of slow‐wave sleep. These findings suggest a concurrence of organogenic and psychogenic factors, that has been postulated previously to underlie somnambulism in adults.

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