Exploding head syndrome--a rare parasomnia or a dissociative episode?

Sleep Med. 2014 Jun;15(6):728-30. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2014.02.011. Epub 2014 Apr 13.

Authors

Eva Feketeova¹, Jitka Buskova², Matej Skorvanek³, Jana Mudra⁴, Zuzana Gdovinova³

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Medicine, P. J. Safarik University and L. Pasteur University Hospital, Kosice, Slovak Republic. Electronic address: eva.feketeova@upjs.sk.
² 1st Faculty of Medicine and General Teaching Hospital, Charles University, Praha, Czech Republic.
³ Faculty of Medicine, P. J. Safarik University and L. Pasteur University Hospital, Kosice, Slovak Republic.
⁴ L. Pasteur University Hospital, Kosice, Slovak Republic.

PMID: 24831250
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2014.02.011

No abstract available

Keywords: Carbamazepine; Exploding head syndrome; Focal epilepsy; Parasomnia; Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures; Seizure.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

Dissociative Disorders / diagnosis
Dissociative Disorders / physiopathology*
Head
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Parasomnias / diagnosis
Parasomnias / physiopathology*
Polysomnography
Syndrome