Hypersomnolence and increased REM sleep with low cerebrospinal fluid hypocretin level in a patient after removal of craniopharyngioma
Hypersomnolence and increased REM sleep with low cerebrospinal fluid hypocretin level in a patient after removal of craniopharyngioma
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DOI:
10.1016/j.sleep.2005.04.002
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发表时间:
2005-11-01
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4.8
通讯作者:
Nishino, S
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作者:
Tachibana, N;Taniike, M;Nishino, S
Here we report a hypersomnolent girl with extensive hypothalamic damage after removal of a craniopharyngioma. The presence of a short sleep latency, sleep onset REM periods during a multiple sleep latency test (MSLT) and negative HLA DQB1*0602 typing suggested a diagnosis of symptomatic narcolepsy. Low cerebrospinal fluid hypocretin-1 level indicated destruction of hypocretin-producing neurons in the hypothalamus. An increased amount of REM sleep and a lack of REM sleep cyclicity documented by all-night polysomnography were different findings from previous reports of hypocretin-deficient idiopathic symptomatic narcolepsy. A more global hypothalamic lesion demonstrated by brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) after surgery seemed to cause marked disinhibition of REM sleep as well as hypersomnolence in this patient. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.