• Epileptic Disord · Mar 2006

    Sleep-related laryngospasm: a video-polysomnographic recording.

    • Jorge Iriarte, Elena Urrestarazu, Manuel Alegre, Concepción Goñi, César Viteri, and Julio Artieda.
    • Clinical Neurophysiology Section, Department of Neurology, Clínica Universitaria, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain. jiriarte@unav.es
    • Epileptic Disord. 2006 Mar 1; 8 (1): 70-2.

    AbstractWe present a case of laryngospasm in a 12-year-old male who experienced sudden, nocturnal episodes of breathing difficulties and agitation. Apart from laryngospasm, the main differential diagnoses included frontal seizures, sleep-related choking syndrome, sleep asthma, sleep apnoea and REM sleep behaviour disorder. The video and the EEG recordings supported the diagnosis of laryngospasm. The pH-metry confirmed the existence of reflux. Its treatment successfully controlled the episodes. This case illustrates, with a typical video recording, this infrequent type of paroxysmal event with an important differential diagnosis.[Published with video sequences].

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