title: Status dissociatus after surgery for tegmental ponto-mesencephalic cavernoma: a state-dependent disorder of motor control during sleep.
abstract: After surgery for a tegmental ponto-mesencephalic cavernoma, a patient developed sleep-related excessive fragmentary myoclonus, diffuse myoclonic jerks, simple quasipurposeful movements of the limbs, and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behaviour disorder as motor features of status dissociatus, a condition in which elements of one state of being (wake, NREM and REM sleep) pathologically intrude into another.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Federica
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Provini
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vetrugno
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pastorelli
authors.forename: Carolina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lombardi
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Plazzi
authors.forename: Anna Federica
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Marliani
authors.forename: Elio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lugaresi
authors.forename: Pasquale
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Montagna
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002998:Clonazepam / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004213:Dissociative Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004576:Electromyography; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D020189:Nocturnal Myoclonus Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D011149:Pons / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012895:Sleep, REM / Q000502:physiology; D013681:Tegmentum Mesencephali / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants; D002998:Clonazepam