title: Misdiagnosis of menstruation-related recurrent hypersomnia as epilepsy in a patient with generalized epileptic discharges.
abstract: Recurrent hypersomnias are very rare with two subtypes as Kleine-Levin syndrome and menstruation-related hypersomnia, which is very rarely encountered worldwide. Here, we report a young girl with menstruation-related recurrent hypersomnia, who was misdiagnosed as epilepsy due to co-existing generalized epileptic discharges. The importance of this comorbidity in terms of differential diagnosis of the attacks is discussed.
authors: Department of Neurology, Sleep and Disorders Unit, Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors: Gulcin
authors: G
authors: Benbir
authors: Department of Neurology, Sleep and Disorders Unit, Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors: Sakir
authors: S
authors: Delil
authors: Department of Neurology, Sleep and Disorders Unit, Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors: Derya
authors: D
authors: Karadeniz
authors: Department of Neurology, Sleep and Disorders Unit, Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors: Naz
authors: N
authors: Yeni
keywords: Comorbidity; epilepsy; menstruation-related recurrent hypersomnia; recurrent hypersomnias