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Narcolepsy and cataplexy: a pediatric case report

Narkolepsi ve katapleksi: bir çocuk olgu sunumu

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221–223
Publication Date
2022-11-05
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He is being followed up and is under drug therapy; his symptoms have improved substantially.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Narcolepsy is characterized by excessive sleepiness, cataplexy, hypnagogic hallucinations, and sleep paralysis during the rapid eye movement period of sleep.
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Key Findings & Data:Herein, we present a boy aged eight years who was diagnosed as having narcolepsy and cataplexy about thirteen months after his first presentation.
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Conclusion & Impact:He is being followed up and is under drug therapy; his symptoms have improved substantially.
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Abstract

Narcolepsy is characterized by excessive sleepiness, cataplexy, hypnagogic hallucinations, and sleep paralysis during the rapid eye movement period of sleep. Herein, we present a boy aged eight years who was diagnosed as having narcolepsy and cataplexy about thirteen months after his first presentation. He was admitted with symptoms of daytime sleepiness. In the follow-up, cataplexy in the form of head dropping attacks developed seven months after the first admission. The patient was investigated for different prediagnoses and was eventually diagnosed as having narcolepsy and cataplexy through polysomnography and multiple sleep latency tests thirteen months after the first presentation. He is being followed up and is under drug therapy; his symptoms have improved substantially.

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Narkolepsi nadir görülen, gün içinde aşırı uyku hali ile tanımlanan, ani kas tonusu kaybı, uykuya dalma sırasında olan halüsinasyonlar ve uyku felcinin eşlik ettiği, uykunun hızlı göz hareketlerinin görüldüğü dönemdeki bozukluğuna bağlı bir hastalıktır. Bu yazıda ilk başvurusundan yaklaşık on üç ay sonra narkolepsi ve katapleksi tanısı konulan sekiz yaşında erkek hasta sunulmuştur. Hasta gün içinde sık ve çabuk uyuklama yakınması ile başvurdu. İzleminde ilk başvurusundan yedi ay sonra baş düşmeleri şeklinde katapleksisi gelişti. Farklı ön tanılarla tetkik edilen hastaya ilk başvurusundan ancak on üç ay sonra polisomnografi ve çoklu uykuya geçme süresi (latans) testi yapılarak narkolepsi, katapleksi tanısı konuldu. İlaç tedavisi başlanarak izleme alınan hastanın yakınmaları büyük oran düzeldi.

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EROL, I., HABEŞOĞLU, M. A., SAYGI, S., SAVAŞ, T. (2022). Narcolepsy and cataplexy: a pediatric case report. Türk Pediatri Arşivi, Cilt: 51 - Sayı: 4, 221–223. https://ajindex.com/articles/641129

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