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Posttraumatic paroxysmal nocturnal hemidystonia
Author(s) -
Biary N.,
Singh B.,
Bahou Y.,
Al Deeb S. M.,
Sharif H.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
movement disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.352
H-Index - 198
eISSN - 1531-8257
pISSN - 0885-3185
DOI - 10.1002/mds.870090116
Subject(s) - dystonia , paroxysmal dyskinesia , nocturnal , medicine , eye movement , neurological disorder , movement disorders , epilepsy , pediatrics , psychology , central nervous system disease , dyskinesia , surgery , ophthalmology , psychiatry , parkinson's disease , disease
The term “nocturnal paroxysmal dystonia” has been used to describe patients who display paroxysmal episodes of dystonic‐dyskinetic movements arising during nornrapid eye movement sleep, in particular stages 2–3 (Lugaresi E, Cirignotta F. Hypnogenic paroxysmal dystonia: epileptic seizure or a new syndrome. Sleep 1981; 4:129–138). The pathogenesis of these attacks has remained controversial. We describe a patient with posttraumatic paroxysmal nocturnal hemidystonia. Acetazolamide led to improvement.