TY - JOUR
T1 - Secondary ''incidental'' REM sleep behavior disorder
T2 - Do we ever think of it?
AU - Manni, Raffaele
AU - Ratti, Pietro Luca
AU - Terzaghi, Michele
PY - 2011/12
Y1 - 2011/12
N2 - Most secondary forms of REM sleep behavior disorder are associated with neurodegenerative diseases belonging to the α-synucleinopathies or with narcolepsy. However, RBD may also occur in subacute- or acute-onset conditions involving the central nervous system, irrespective of subjects' age and sex, and with or without relapse at follow-up. These conditions include structural brain lesions (vascular, demyelinating, tumoral, iatrogenic, etc.), CNS diseases (encephalitis, Guillain-Barré syndrome, etc.), forms induced by drug consumption or alcohol withdrawal, and possibly post-traumatic stress disorder. This review focuses on these forms of RBD, which are referred to as '. acute' as they occur as incidental phenomena within the context of other subacute- or acute-onset disorders. In these cases, RBD does not appear as a 'classical' clinical feature of the underlying condition, but rather as an intercurrent, somewhat unexpected phenomenon that deserves consideration in routine clinical practice, in order to avoid misdiagnoses and mistreatments.
AB - Most secondary forms of REM sleep behavior disorder are associated with neurodegenerative diseases belonging to the α-synucleinopathies or with narcolepsy. However, RBD may also occur in subacute- or acute-onset conditions involving the central nervous system, irrespective of subjects' age and sex, and with or without relapse at follow-up. These conditions include structural brain lesions (vascular, demyelinating, tumoral, iatrogenic, etc.), CNS diseases (encephalitis, Guillain-Barré syndrome, etc.), forms induced by drug consumption or alcohol withdrawal, and possibly post-traumatic stress disorder. This review focuses on these forms of RBD, which are referred to as '. acute' as they occur as incidental phenomena within the context of other subacute- or acute-onset disorders. In these cases, RBD does not appear as a 'classical' clinical feature of the underlying condition, but rather as an intercurrent, somewhat unexpected phenomenon that deserves consideration in routine clinical practice, in order to avoid misdiagnoses and mistreatments.
KW - Acute neurological disorders
KW - Acute RBD
KW - Acute sleep-related paroxysmal episodes
KW - CNS disorders
KW - REM sleep behavior disorder
KW - Secondary RBD
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U2 - 10.1016/j.sleep.2011.10.011
DO - 10.1016/j.sleep.2011.10.011
M3 - Article
C2 - 22136900
AN - SCOPUS:82855160981
VL - 12
JO - Sleep Medicine
JF - Sleep Medicine
SN - 1389-9457
IS - SUPPL. 2
ER -