Unexpected Finding of Idiopathic REM Sleep Behavior Disorder in a Young Healthy Male With Snoring: A Case Report

We report a case of a 44-year-old male with a 20-year history of dream enactment behavior that was incidentally captured on a polysomnogram during an evaluation for obstructive sleep apnea. Genetic testing found the patient had a homozygous deletion for one of the five tandem repeats in exon 18 of thePER3 gene. This case highlights a potential genetic basis for idiopathic rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder.Citation:Brock MS, Shirley S, Rohena L, Moore BA, Mysliwiec V. Unexpected finding of idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder in a young healthy male with snoring: a case report.J Clin Sleep Med. 2019;15(9):1369–1371.
Source: Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine : JCSM - Category: Sleep Medicine Source Type: research