Kleine-Levin syndrome. A case report | kleine-levin syndrome cases
Kleine-Levin syndrome, case reports. ABSTRACT. Kleine-Levin syndrome is a rare disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of hypersomnia, appetite ...medigraphic.comSPANISHThisjournalonly2015,Number3Medisur2015;13(3)Kleine-Levinsyndrome.AcasereportMachadoRA,DíazLIR,delaTorreSMEFulltextHowtocitethisarticleLanguage:SpanishReferences:10Page:448-451PDFsize:114.74Kb.Keywords:Kleine-Levinsyndrome,casereports.ABSTRACTKleine-Levinsyndromeisararedisordercharacterizedbyrecurrentepisodesofhypersomnia,appetitedisturbance,cognitivedysfunctionanduninhibitedbehavior.Itisestimatedtoaffectonetofivepermillionpeopleandisfourtimesmorecommoninmales.Wepresentthecaseofan18-year-oldpatienttreatedatthesleepdisordersconsultationinVillaClaraduetofiveepisodesofhypersomnialastingseventotendays,separatedbythreeorfourmonths.Duringtheseperiodshewasirritable,apatheticandanorexic.Whennotsufferingfromhypersomnia,hisbehaviorisnormal.Thepatientmeetsthecriteriaofthe3rdInternationalClassificationofSleepDisordersforthediagnosisoftheKleine-Levinsyndrome.Thiscaseispresentedgiventherarityofthiscondition;thediagnosiswasmade15monthsafteritsonsetandtherearenopreviousreferencesinCuba.REFERENCESBilliardM.RecurrentHypersomnia.In:MontagnaP,ChokrovertyS,editors.HandbookofClinicalNeurology.Amsterdam:Elsevier;2011.p.815-23.ArnulfI,ZeitzerJM,FileJ,FarberN,MignotE.KleineLevinsyndrome:asystematicreviewof186casesintheliterature.Brain.2005;128(Pt2):2763-76.AriasM,Crespo-IglesiasJM,PérezJ,Requena-CaballeroI,SesarA,PeleteiroFernándezM.SíndromedeKleine-LevinaportacióndiagnósticadelaSPECTcerebral.REVNEUROL.2002;35(6):531-3.BilliardM,JaussentI,DauvalliersY,BessetA.Recurrenthypersomnia:Areviewof339cases.SleepMedicineReviews.2011;15:247-57.AguileraL,DíazM,MenaB,ErazoS,NúñezJC.SíndromedeKleine-Levin.Casoclínicoyrevisióndeltema.RevHospClínChile.2009;20:15-9.PedrósA,HoyoB,LópezE.SíndromedeKleine-Levin:análisisclínicocomparativo.Apropósitodedoscasos.PsiqBiol.2011;18(3):124-6.AmericanAcademyofSleepMedicine.Internationalclassificati