Sleep-related hypermotor epilepsy in a patient with mucopolysaccaridosis type IIIстатья
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Аннотация:Both non-epileptic sleep disturbances and epilepsy are common in patients with mucopolysaccharidoses(MPS), so diagnosis of sleep-related hypermotor epilepsy in these patients is a tackling issue. Wepresent a case of an adult patient with MPS IIIB (Sanfilippo syndrome), who presented withnumerous nocturnal events of sudden awakening and hypermotor behavior, which had beenpreviously regarded as parasomnias. Overnight video-EEG captured numerous stereotypical seizureswith ictal pattern in the frontal regions, which led the diagnosis of SHE. The patient was startedwith carbamazepine, which resulted in a substantial reduction in the number of seizures. Our report provides further support for use of overnight video-EEG in the differential diagnosis of sleeprelated disorders in MPS, yet true incidence of SHE in MPS patients remains unknown.