Misdiagnosis of menstruation-related recurrent hypersomnia as epilepsy in a patient with generalized epileptic discharges

Benbir G., Delil S., Karadeniz D., Yeni N.

JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC NEUROSCIENCES, cilt.10, sa.1, ss.28-30, 2015 (ESCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 10 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2015
  • Doi Numarası: 10.4103/1817-1745.154325
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC NEUROSCIENCES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.28-30
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Recurrent hypersomnias are very rare with two subtypes as Kleine-Levin syndrome and menstruation-related hypersomnia, which is very rarely encountered worldwide. Here, we report a young girl with menstruation-related recurrent hypersomnia, who was misdiagnosed as epilepsy due to co-existing generalized epileptic discharges. The importance of this comorbidity in terms of differential diagnosis of the attacks is discussed.