TY - JOUR
T1 - Restless leg syndrome in different types of demyelinating neuropathies: a single-center pilot study
AU - Luigetti, Marco
AU - Del Grande, Alessandra
AU - Testani, Elisa
AU - Bisogni, Giulia
AU - Losurdo, Anna
AU - Giannantoni, Nadia Mariagrazia
AU - Mazza, Salvatore
AU - Sabatelli, Mario
AU - Della Marca, Giacomo
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - We describe a case of Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) associated to periodic limb movements (PLMs) in a woman with a cervical schwannoma. Neurological examination, laboratory tests, neurography and electromyography were unremarkable. Neuroimaging evidenced a schwannoma at C3 level that compressed the right ventral surface of the medulla. Somatosensory-evoked potentials showed absence of the N13 after right median nerve stimulation and reduction of amplitude of the same component after left nerve stimulation. A video-polysomnography documented PLMs with a marked prevalence of the right-sided movements. We believe that the cervical schwannoma played a role in the pathogenesis of RLS and of lateralized PLMs. © 2014 Japanese Society of Sleep Research.
AB - We describe a case of Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) associated to periodic limb movements (PLMs) in a woman with a cervical schwannoma. Neurological examination, laboratory tests, neurography and electromyography were unremarkable. Neuroimaging evidenced a schwannoma at C3 level that compressed the right ventral surface of the medulla. Somatosensory-evoked potentials showed absence of the N13 after right median nerve stimulation and reduction of amplitude of the same component after left nerve stimulation. A video-polysomnography documented PLMs with a marked prevalence of the right-sided movements. We believe that the cervical schwannoma played a role in the pathogenesis of RLS and of lateralized PLMs. © 2014 Japanese Society of Sleep Research.
KW - Charcot-Marie-Tooth 1A (CMT1A)
KW - Restless leg syndrome (RLS)
KW - chronic inflammatory demyelinating neuropathy (CIDP)
KW - demyelinating neuropathies
KW - hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies (HNPP)
KW - suggested immobilization test (SIT)
KW - Charcot-Marie-Tooth 1A (CMT1A)
KW - Restless leg syndrome (RLS)
KW - chronic inflammatory demyelinating neuropathy (CIDP)
KW - demyelinating neuropathies
KW - hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies (HNPP)
KW - suggested immobilization test (SIT)
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/46051
U2 - 10.5664/jcsm.3000
DO - 10.5664/jcsm.3000
M3 - Article
SN - 1446-9235
VL - 9
SP - 945
EP - 949
JO - Sleep and Biological Rhythms
JF - Sleep and Biological Rhythms
ER -