Case 1-2022: A 67-Year-Old Man with Motor Neuron Disease and Odd Behaviors during Sleep
Case 1-2022: A 67-Year-Old Man with Motor Neuron Disease and Odd Behaviors during Sleep
A 67-year-old man with progressive motor neuron disease was evaluated in the sleep clinic because of dream enactment, daytime sleepiness, and apnea detected on a sleep study. Four months earlier, he had fallen asleep while washing dishes; this resulted in a fall and unstable C1 spinal fracture. A diagnostic test was performed.
Aleksandar Videnovic, M.D., Suma Babu, M.B., B.S., M.P.H., Brian Zhao, M.D., Haatem M. Reda, M.D., and Jenny J. Linnoila, M.D., Ph.D.From the Departments of Neurology (A.V., S.B., H.M.R., J.J.L.) and Radiology (B.Z.), Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Departments of Neurology (A.V., S.B., H.M.R., J.J.L.) and Radiology (B.Z.), Harvard Medical School — both in Boston.
