'Clicking-brain syndrome': a curious cause of insomnia.
This case report describes a curious cause of insomnia. A 93-year-old woman presented to our follow-up clinic with the complaint of insomnia secondary to an audible click emanating from her skull. The site of loud biphasic-sound production corresponded to an area of the scalp where a squamous cell carcinoma had been removed 11 years previously.
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Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood, Middlesex, UK.
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D012535:Scalp / Q000098:blood supply*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D007319:Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D013016:Sound; D014006:Tinea Capitis / Q000532:radiotherapy