Unexpected Finding of Idiopathic REM Sleep Behavior Disorder in a Young Healthy Male With Snoring: A Case Report | Zendy

Matthew S. Brock | Zendy; Sean Shirley | Zendy; Luis Rohena | Zendy; Brian A. Moore | Zendy; Vincent Mysliwiec | Zendy

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Unexpected Finding of Idiopathic REM Sleep Behavior Disorder in a Young Healthy Male With Snoring: A Case Report

Author(s) -

Matthew S. Brock,

Sean Shirley,

Luis Rohena,

Brian A. Moore,

Vincent Mysliwiec

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

journal of clinical sleep medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.529

H-Index - 92

eISSN - 1550-9397

pISSN - 1550-9389

DOI - 10.5664/jcsm.7938

Subject(s) - sleep medicine , obstructive sleep apnea , medicine , polysomnogram , ambulatory , polysomnography , gerontology , sleep disorder , psychiatry , apnea , surgery , insomnia

Idiopathic rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder is characterized by vocalizations and complex motor behaviors during sleep. We report a case of a 44-year-old male with a 20-year history of dream enactment behavior that was incidentally captured on a polysomnogram during an evaluation for obstructive sleep apnea. Genetic testing found the patient had a homozygous deletion for one of the five tandem repeats in exon 18 of the PER3 gene. This case highlights a potential genetic basis for idiopathic rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder.

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