We describe a case of Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) associated to periodic limb movements (PLMs) in a woman with a cervical schwannoma. Neurological examination, laboratory tests, neurography and electromyography were unremarkable. Neuroimaging evidenced a schwannoma at C3 level that compressed the right ventral surface of the medulla. Somatosensory-evoked potentials showed absence of the N13 after right median nerve stimulation and reduction of amplitude of the same component after left nerve stimulation. A video-polysomnography documented PLMs with a marked prevalence of the right-sided movements. We believe that the cervical schwannoma played a role in the pathogenesis of RLS and of lateralized PLMs. © 2014 Japanese Society of Sleep Research.

Luigetti, M., Del Grande, A., Testani, E., Bisogni, G., Losurdo, A., Giannantoni, N., Mazza, S., Sabatelli, M., Della Marca, G., Restless leg syndrome in different types of demyelinating neuropathies: a single-center pilot study, <<SLEEP AND BIOLOGICAL RHYTHMS>>, 2013; 9 (9): 945-949. [doi:10.5664/jcsm.3000] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/46051]

Restless leg syndrome in different types of demyelinating neuropathies: a single-center pilot study

Luigetti, Marco;Del Grande, Alessandra;Testani, Elisa;Bisogni, Giulia;Losurdo, Anna;Mazza, Salvatore;Sabatelli, Mario;Della Marca, Giacomo
2013

Abstract

We describe a case of Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) associated to periodic limb movements (PLMs) in a woman with a cervical schwannoma. Neurological examination, laboratory tests, neurography and electromyography were unremarkable. Neuroimaging evidenced a schwannoma at C3 level that compressed the right ventral surface of the medulla. Somatosensory-evoked potentials showed absence of the N13 after right median nerve stimulation and reduction of amplitude of the same component after left nerve stimulation. A video-polysomnography documented PLMs with a marked prevalence of the right-sided movements. We believe that the cervical schwannoma played a role in the pathogenesis of RLS and of lateralized PLMs. © 2014 Japanese Society of Sleep Research.
2013
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Luigetti, M., Del Grande, A., Testani, E., Bisogni, G., Losurdo, A., Giannantoni, N., Mazza, S., Sabatelli, M., Della Marca, G., Restless leg syndrome in different types of demyelinating neuropathies: a single-center pilot study, <<SLEEP AND BIOLOGICAL RHYTHMS>>, 2013; 9 (9): 945-949. [doi:10.5664/jcsm.3000] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/46051]
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