Sleep-Isolated Trichotillomania As An Ictal Symptom Of Complex Partial Seizure In A 12-Year-Old Girl: A Case Report

Autor:	Beyza BOZOK, Öykü ÖZDEMİR, Ayla UZUN CİCEK, Halil Ural AKSOY, İlknur UCUZ, Elif ABANOZ
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2022
Předmět:	Trichotillomania sleep sleep-isolated trichotillomania epilepsy levetiracetam Health Care Sciences and Services General Medicine Sağlık Bilimleri ve Hizmetleri
Zdroj:	Volume: 44, Issue: 4 484-488 Cumhuriyet Tıp Dergisi Cumhuriyet Medical Journal
ISSN:	1305-0028
Popis:	Sleep-isolated trichotillomania (TTM) is the unconscious and automatic pulling of one's hair only while sleeping. In previous case reports, sleep-isolated TTM has been categorized as a sleep-related disorder or a sleep-related dissociative disorder in case reports, and a treatment strategy in this direction has been implemented. However, to our knowledge, no reports have been published describing hair pulling during sleep as a symptom of epilepsy and its pharmacological treatment. In this case report, we present the hair-pulling behavior during sleep as an ictal manifestation of complex partial seizure in a 12-year-old girl and its successful treatment with levetiracetam. We suggest that epilepsy should be suspected in addition to parasomnias and sleep-related dissociative disorder in the differential diagnosis, especially in cases presenting with isolated TTM behavior during sleep.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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