Left temporopolar impairment in a case of posttraumatic hypersomnia

Jean Farisse; Eric Guedj; Raphaëlle Richieri; Valérie Cochen De Cock; Christophe Lancon; Laurent Boyer

doi:10.1097/HTR.0b013e3182803eda

Left temporopolar impairment in a case of posttraumatic hypersomnia

J Head Trauma Rehabil. 2013 Nov-Dec;28(6):473-5. doi: 10.1097/HTR.0b013e3182803eda.

Authors

Jean Farisse¹, Eric Guedj, Raphaëlle Richieri, Valérie Cochen De Cock, Christophe Lancon, Laurent Boyer

Affiliation

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Sainte-Marguerite University Hospital (Drs Farisse, Richieri, and Lancon); APHM, Hôpital de la Timone, Service Central de Biophysique et Médecine Nucléaire (Dr Guedj); CERIMED (Dr Guedj) and INT, CNRS UMR 7289 (Dr Guedj), Aix-Marseille Univ; EA 3279, Self-perceived Health Assessment Research Unit, School of Medicine, La Timone University (Drs Lancon and Boyer), Marseille; and Unité des troubles du sommeil, service de neurologie, CHU Gui-de-Chauliac, Montpellier (Dr Cochen De Cock), France.

PMID: 23407426
DOI: 10.1097/HTR.0b013e3182803eda

Abstract

We report a focal morphofunctional brain impairment within the left temporopolar cortex in a patient with a posttraumatic hypersomnia. This case may contribute to better understanding the possible pathophysiological mechanism for posttraumatic hypersomnia.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Brain Injuries / complications
Entorhinal Cortex
Female
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Regional Blood Flow
Sleep / physiology
Sleep Disorders, Intrinsic / etiology
Sleep Disorders, Intrinsic / physiopathology*
Temporal Lobe / blood supply
Temporal Lobe / pathology*
Temporal Lobe / physiopathology*
Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
Young Adult