Multiple sleep latency test by polysomnography: a case report.
Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome may disguise the presence of other less common but equally important etiologies of sleepiness in patients presenting to sleep disorder specialists. In this case report the authors detail how multiple polysomnograms performed over 6 years eventually suggested that a patient had both obstructive sleep apnea and narcolepsy.
Vorona
Robert Daniel
RD
Department of Internal Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Sentara Norfolk Hospital, Sleep Disorder Center, Virginia 23507, USA. voronard@evms.edu
Ware
J Catesby
JC
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009290:Narcolepsy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D017286:Polysomnography / Q000379:methods*; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D020181:Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D012895:Sleep, REM / Q000502:physiology*