Sleep disruption following paramedian pontine stroke

Matteo Tosato, Sara Aquila, Giacomo Della Marca, Ra Incalzi, Giovanni Gambassi

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Abstract

Pontine structures are critical for the generation of rapid eye movement sleep but there are only a few reports of the effects of focal pontine lesions on sleep patterns in humans. We report the case of an 81-year-old man admitted for the acute onset of disordered speech and motor deficit in the upper right arm who developed hypersomnia within a week. A 24-hour polysomnographic study revealed a very severe disruption of both circadian rhythm and sleep organisation, and a brain MRI documented an ischaemic lesion of the anterior left paramedian portion of the pons. Our observation suggests that even small, paramedian pontine ischaemic lesions can acutely induce a very severe sleep disorder.
Lingua originaleEnglish
pagine (da-a)N/A-N/A
RivistaBMJ CASE REPORT
Volume2009
DOI
Stato di pubblicazionePubblicato - 2009

Keywords

  • sleep
  • stroke

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