Idiopathic hypersomnia with a video recording of a spontaneous sleep attack: A case report.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale

Although patients with central disorders of hypersomnolence (CDH) exhibit characteristic symptoms of hypersomnia frequently, it takes 5 to 15 years from the onset for its diagnosis due to the lack of symptom recognition. Here, we present a case of idiopathic hypersomnia (IH), a CDH, wherein early diagnosis was aided by a video footage of a spontaneous sleep attack.

Patient concerns

A 21-year-old man lost consciousness while driving and experienced an accident. He had complained of excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) over half a year. During his hospitalization for close monitoring of the loss of consciousness, an in-room surveillance camera captured a 14-minutes long spontaneous sleep attack, during which he experienced general muscle weakness and loss of consciousn

SUBMITTER: Asaga T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10869082 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature