title: Nocturnal paroxysmal dystonia - case report.
abstract: Nocturnal paroxysmal dystonia describes a syndrome consisting of recurrent motor episodes of dystonic-dyskinetic features arising from non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep. In the article, the authors present female case of nocturnal paroxysmal dystonia. The patient has had attacks since her childhood and was eventually diagnosed at the age of 48. Therapy with carbamazepine considerably reduced the frequency and entent of seizures. The present case evidences that nocturnal paroxysmal dystonia still is a diagnostic challenge for clinicians. Especially, we emphasize the importance of polysomnography in the verification of the diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland. Electronic address: karolina-kania@tlen.pl.
authors.forename: Karolina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kania
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland.
authors.forename: Izabela
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Niśkiewicz
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Warsaw Insitute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Aleksandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wierzbicka-Wichniak
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland.
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kozubski
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland.
authors.forename: Elżbieta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tokarz-Kupczyk
mesh_terms: D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002220:Carbamazepine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D020183:Nocturnal Paroxysmal Dystonia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D017286:Polysomnography; D012640:Seizures / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants; D002220:Carbamazepine
keywords: Nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy; Nocturnal paroxysmal dystonia; Polysomnography