2 papers in the library · publishing 2002-2010
Cambridge University Press eBooks September 23, 2010 Michael H. Silber
This chapter discusses the case of a 56-year-old man who presented to the sleep clinic complaining of frequent episodes of feeling paralyzed as he was going to sleep. It presents the clinical history, examination, follow-up, treatment, diagnosis, and the results of the procedures performed on the patient. Examination revealed a pleasant, thin, middle-aged man, in no acute distress, who looked...
Sleep Medicine November 2002 Lois E Krahn, Bradley F Boeve, Lawrence Oliver et al.
Narcolepsy secondary to other neurologic processes has been recently associated with hypocretin (orexin) deficiency. We present a patient who developed a narcoleptic-like sleep disorder after receiving treatment for a choroid plexus carcinoma of the pineal gland. She underwent a pinealectomy, chemotherapy, and radiation treatment. The primary features of this condition were excessive daytime...