Periodic limb movement during sleep developed after pontine lesion

We describe 2 patients who suffered a pontine infarction and subsequently developed periodic leg movement (PLM). The temporal relationship between a stroke and subsequent PLM, as well as the absence of sleep‐related disorders in patients' histories, favors the argument of a cause‐and‐effect rel...

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Published in:Movement disorders 2003-11, Vol.18 (11), p.1403-1405
Main Authors: Kim, Joong-Seok, Lee, Sang-Bong, Park, Soung-Kyeong, Han, Si-Ryung, Kim, Yeong-In, Lee, Kwang-Soo
Format: Article
Language:English
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Biological and medical sciences
Female
Humans
Ischemic Attack, Transient - complications
Ischemic Attack, Transient - pathology
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Neurology
Nocturnal Myoclonus Syndrome - diagnosis
Nocturnal Myoclonus Syndrome - etiology
periodic leg movement (PLM)
pons
Pons - pathology
Severity of Illness Index
stroke
Tropical medicine
Vascular diseases and vascular malformations of the nervous system
Videotape Recording
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Summary:We describe 2 patients who suffered a pontine infarction and subsequently developed periodic leg movement (PLM). The temporal relationship between a stroke and subsequent PLM, as well as the absence of sleep‐related disorders in patients' histories, favors the argument of a cause‐and‐effect relationship, with the observed association providing evidence for an anatomic substrate for PLM. © 2003 Movement Disorder Society
ISSN:0885-3185
1531-8257
DOI:10.1002/mds.10517