Exploding Head Syndrome

J Korean Neurol Assoc > Volume 27(2); 2009 > Article

Journal of the Korean Neurological Association 2009;27(2): 170-173.

폭발머리증후군

박상준, 김수현 박기형 성영희 이영배 박현미 신동진

가천의과대학교 길병원 신경과

Exploding Head Syndrome

Sang-Jun Park

Department of Neurology, Gachon University Gil Hospital, Incheon, Korea

Abstract

Exploding head syndrome (EHS) is characterized by a sudden loud imagined noise or sense of a violent explosion in the head occurring as the patient is falling asleep or waking during the night. EHS is classified as “other parasomnia” on the ICSD-2 (International Classification of Sleep Disorders), and the neurophysiologic mechanisms underlying this hypnagogic phenomenon are unknown. EHS is a rare type of other parasomnia that has not been reported in Korea. We report two cases of EHS that presented with typical clinical symptoms. Key Words: Exploding head syndrome, Parasomnia

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