J Sleep Med.  2016 Dec;13(2):77-80. 10.13078/jsm.16015.

Diagnostic Confusion of Nocturnal Paroxysmal Motor Activity

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Neurology, Inje University College of Medicine, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Goyang, Korea. pamelasong@paik.ac.kr

Abstract

It is a significant challenge for the clinician to make distinction between nocturnal epilepsy form non-epileptic sleep disorders. Although in some patients, diagnosis is easy to achieve but sometimes not. At times even with help of polysomnogram and electroencephalogram, diagnostic confusion remains. We present two cases of nocturnal paroaxysmal events, which still need elucidate diagnosis.

Keyword

Parasomnia; Catathrenia; Seizure

MeSH Terms

Diagnosis
Electroencephalography
Epilepsy
Humans
Motor Activity*
Parasomnias
Polysomnography
Seizures
Sleep Wake Disorders
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