Because signs of nocturnal seizures can overlap with sleep respiratory events, clinicians can have difficulty distinguishing abnormal events related to sleep disorders from epileptic seizures. We describe the case of a 3-year-old child presenting with ictal electroencephalographic (EEG) activity associated with a particular form of atypical obstructive sleep apnea, characterized by increased respiratory rate, paradoxical breathing, desaturations, and tonic-dystonic posture associated with movement artifacts. Following cardiorespiratory polysomnography, the patient was initially misdiagnosed as having severe obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.

Epilepsy and Sleep-Disordered Breathing as False Friends: A Case Report / Vitelli, Ottavio; Miano, Silvia; Tabarrini, Alessandra; A. R., Mazzotta; Supino, MARIA CHIARA; M., Forlani; Villa, MARIA PIA. - In: JOURNAL OF CHILD NEUROLOGY. - ISSN 0883-0738. - 29(10):(2014). [10.1177/0883073813507751]

Epilepsy and Sleep-Disordered Breathing as False Friends: A Case Report.

VITELLI, OTTAVIO;MIANO, Silvia;TABARRINI, ALESSANDRA;SUPINO, MARIA CHIARA;VILLA, MARIA PIA
2014

Abstract

Because signs of nocturnal seizures can overlap with sleep respiratory events, clinicians can have difficulty distinguishing abnormal events related to sleep disorders from epileptic seizures. We describe the case of a 3-year-old child presenting with ictal electroencephalographic (EEG) activity associated with a particular form of atypical obstructive sleep apnea, characterized by increased respiratory rate, paradoxical breathing, desaturations, and tonic-dystonic posture associated with movement artifacts. Following cardiorespiratory polysomnography, the patient was initially misdiagnosed as having severe obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.
2014
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Epilepsy and Sleep-Disordered Breathing as False Friends: A Case Report / Vitelli, Ottavio; Miano, Silvia; Tabarrini, Alessandra; A. R., Mazzotta; Supino, MARIA CHIARA; M., Forlani; Villa, MARIA PIA. - In: JOURNAL OF CHILD NEUROLOGY. - ISSN 0883-0738. - 29(10):(2014). [10.1177/0883073813507751]
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