A boy infant with sleep related rhythmic movement disorder showing arm banging.
OBJECTIVE
To present a male patient who performed arm banging on his face during sleep every night since 7 months of age.


METHODS
Clinical course of this patient with electroencephalographic recording with video recording at 23 months of age was shown.


RESULTS
His arm banging began at the age of 7 months and showed no complete remission at the age of 57 months of age, although clonazepam revealed mild effects on its intensity and frequency.


CONCLUSIONS
We diagnosed him as having arm banging type of sleep related rhythmic movement disorder. To our knowledge, no precise description on this type of sleep related rhythmic movement disorder has been found. In addition, this patient seemed to be the youngest case of sleep related rhythmic movement disorder showing arm banging.
Department of Pediatrics, Tokyo Bay Urayasu Ichikawa Medical Center, Toudaijima 3-4-32, Urayasu 279-0001, Chiba, Japan.
Jun
J
Kohyama
Department of Pediatrics, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta-Tsukinowa, Otsu, Japan.
Tomoyuki
T
Takano
Jactatio capitis nocturna; Jactatio corporis nocturna; Rhythmie du sommeil; Sleep disorder