Jactatio capitis nocturna with persistence in adulthood: case report

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Rosana S.c. Alves²  FlÁvio AlÓe²  Ademir B. Silva¹  Stella M. Tavares¹ 

[1] ,FMUSP HC CES

关键词: rhythmic movement disorder;    parasomnia;    jactatio capitis nocturna;    headbanging;    distúrbio rítmico do movimento;    jactatio capitis nocturna;    parassonia;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0004-282X1998000400022

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Rhythmic movement disorder, also known as jactatio capitis nocturna, is an infancy and childhood sleep-related disorder charactherized by repetitive movements occurring immediately prior to sleep onset and sustained into light sleep. We report a 19-year-old man with a history of headbanging and repetitive bodyrocking since infancy, occurring on a daily basis at sleep onset. He was born a premature baby but psychomotor milestones were unremarkable. Physical and neurological diagnostic workups were unremarkable. A hospital-based sleep study showed: total sleep time: 178 min; sleep efficiency index 35.8; sleep latency 65 min; REM latency 189 min. There were no respiratory events and head movements occurred at 4/min during wakefulness, stages 1 and 2 NREM sleep. No tonic or phasic electromyographic abnormalities were recorded during REM sleep. A clinical diagnosis of rhythmic movement disorder was performed on the basis of the clinical and sleep studies data. Clonazepam (0.5 mg/day) and midazolam (15 mg/day) yielded no clinical improvement. Imipramine (10 mg/day) produced good clinical outcome. In summary, we report a RMD case with atypical clinical and therapeutical features.

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