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Published in: BMC Neurology 1/2017

Open Access 01-12-2017 | Case report

Parasomnia overlap disorder, Parkinson’s disease and subthalamic deep brain stimulation: three case reports

Authors: Panagiotis Bargiotas, Julia Muellner, W.M. Michael Schuepbach, Claudio L. Bassetti

Published in: BMC Neurology | Issue 1/2017

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Abstract

Background

Parasomnia overlap disorder (POD) is a distinct parasomnia and characterized by concomitant manifestation of rapid-eye-movement (REM)- and non-REM (NREM)-parasomnias. Although not uncommon among patients with Parkinson’s disease, POD is often under-investigated.

Case presentation

This is the first report of patients with PD and features of POD that underwent deep brain stimulation. Our patients exhibited different outcomes of POD features after subthalamic deep brain stimulation.

Conclusions

We expect that the reporting of these first patients will open the discussion about the need for more detailed and broad-spectrum assessments regarding parasomnias in PD patients that undergo deep brain stimulation. The implications of our observations are both clinical and neurobiological.
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Metadata
Title
Parasomnia overlap disorder, Parkinson’s disease and subthalamic deep brain stimulation: three case reports
Authors
Panagiotis Bargiotas
Julia Muellner
W.M. Michael Schuepbach
Claudio L. Bassetti
Publication date
01-12-2017
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Neurology / Issue 1/2017
Electronic ISSN: 1471-2377
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12883-017-0916-0

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