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Case 9 - Extreme dreams

from Part IV - Parasomnias

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 November 2010

Antonio Culebras
Affiliation:
Upstate Medical University, New York
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This chapter discusses the case of a 55-year-old woman who reported that for the previous 6 years she had been having episodes at night where she had dreams that often had a fearful content. It presents the clinical history, examination, diagnosis, and the results of the procedures performed on the patient. On examination she was anxious and cried during the interview. The differential diagnosis of paroxysmal nocturnal events includes parasomnia, seizures during sleep or a psychogenic disturbance. Parasomnia classification is usually based on the sleep phase during which the parasomnia occurs. Seizures seen in nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy (NFLE) are sleep-related seizures that may be difficult to distinguish from other paroxysmal events at night. This is because the motor activity and vocalization may resemble other paroxysmal events with features such as cycling movements of the lower limbs and because patients may be partially responsive during the seizures.
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Case Studies in Sleep Neurology
Common and Uncommon Presentations
, pp. 59 - 66
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2010

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