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Abstract

Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice. 2019 Jan-Mar; 10(1): 145-7.
doi  10.4103/jnrp.jnrp_258_18
PMID 30765992

Wake-Up Sleepyhead: Unilateral Diencephalic Stroke Presenting with Excessive Sleepiness.

Pradeep, R. Gupta, Dhananjay Mehta, Anish Srinivasa, R. Javali, Mahendra Acharya, P. T.

Abstract


Altered sleep architecture and stroke share a reciprocal relationship. More than half of the stroke patients display sleep abnormalities including hypersomnia, insomnia, parasomnia, periodic limb movements, or sleep-disordered breathing. Conversely, one of the major causes of severe organic hypersomnia is acute brainstem strokes, involving thalamic infarctions, which may be reversible over 612 months. Here, we report a patient with increased lethargy and drowsiness who was diagnosed to have a right thalamic and hypothalamic ischemic stroke.

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