The Kleine-Levin Syndrome: A Rare Disease with Often Delayed Diagnosis—A Report of Two Cases in the Department of Neurology of the University Hospital of Cocody (Côte d’Ivoire)
The Kleine-Levin syndrome is a rare pathology characterized by recurrent episodes of hypersomnia associated with behavioral and cognitive disorders with, among others, hyperphagia and hypersexuality. The disease mainly affects young males. A few studies mention cases that occurred in Africa, especia...
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| author | Berthe Assi Constance Yapo-Ehounoud Mohamed Ben Allaoui Baby Evelyne Aka-Diarra Muriel Amon-Tanoh Christian Tanoh |
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| description | The Kleine-Levin syndrome is a rare pathology characterized by recurrent episodes of hypersomnia associated with behavioral and cognitive disorders with, among others, hyperphagia and hypersexuality. The disease mainly affects young males. A few studies mention cases that occurred in Africa, especially in Côte d’Ivoire. In this paper, we report the very first two cases observed in the Neurology Department of the University Hospital of Cocody. The diagnosis was clinical, based on the recurrence of hypersomnia, cognitive and behavioral disorders during the periods of hypersomnia, and the return of patients to normal state between episodes. This diagnosis was delayed due to failure to understand the pathology, thereby leading patients to wandering. In fact, the two patients were consulted, respectively, 3 years and 6 years after the hypersomnia began. The objective was to report the very first cases observed in the Neurology Department of the University Hospital of Cocody, Côte d’Ivoire. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-9a355086ec2a43648cfb57458d7996bd2025-02-03T00:59:58ZengWileyCase Reports in Neurological Medicine2090-66682090-66762016-01-01201610.1155/2016/89294138929413The Kleine-Levin Syndrome: A Rare Disease with Often Delayed Diagnosis—A Report of Two Cases in the Department of Neurology of the University Hospital of Cocody (Côte d’Ivoire)Berthe Assi0Constance Yapo-Ehounoud1Mohamed Ben Allaoui Baby2Evelyne Aka-Diarra3Muriel Amon-Tanoh4Christian Tanoh5Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Cocody, Abidjan, Côte d’IvoireDepartment of Neurology, University Hospital of Cocody, Abidjan, Côte d’IvoireDepartment of Neurology, University Hospital of Cocody, Abidjan, Côte d’IvoireDepartment of Neurology, University Hospital of Cocody, Abidjan, Côte d’IvoireDepartment of Neurology, University Hospital of Cocody, Abidjan, Côte d’IvoireDepartment of Neurology, University Hospital of Cocody, Abidjan, Côte d’IvoireThe Kleine-Levin syndrome is a rare pathology characterized by recurrent episodes of hypersomnia associated with behavioral and cognitive disorders with, among others, hyperphagia and hypersexuality. The disease mainly affects young males. A few studies mention cases that occurred in Africa, especially in Côte d’Ivoire. In this paper, we report the very first two cases observed in the Neurology Department of the University Hospital of Cocody. The diagnosis was clinical, based on the recurrence of hypersomnia, cognitive and behavioral disorders during the periods of hypersomnia, and the return of patients to normal state between episodes. This diagnosis was delayed due to failure to understand the pathology, thereby leading patients to wandering. In fact, the two patients were consulted, respectively, 3 years and 6 years after the hypersomnia began. The objective was to report the very first cases observed in the Neurology Department of the University Hospital of Cocody, Côte d’Ivoire.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8929413 |
| spellingShingle | Berthe Assi Constance Yapo-Ehounoud Mohamed Ben Allaoui Baby Evelyne Aka-Diarra Muriel Amon-Tanoh Christian Tanoh The Kleine-Levin Syndrome: A Rare Disease with Often Delayed Diagnosis—A Report of Two Cases in the Department of Neurology of the University Hospital of Cocody (Côte d’Ivoire) Case Reports in Neurological Medicine |
| title | The Kleine-Levin Syndrome: A Rare Disease with Often Delayed Diagnosis—A Report of Two Cases in the Department of Neurology of the University Hospital of Cocody (Côte d’Ivoire) |
| title_full | The Kleine-Levin Syndrome: A Rare Disease with Often Delayed Diagnosis—A Report of Two Cases in the Department of Neurology of the University Hospital of Cocody (Côte d’Ivoire) |
| title_fullStr | The Kleine-Levin Syndrome: A Rare Disease with Often Delayed Diagnosis—A Report of Two Cases in the Department of Neurology of the University Hospital of Cocody (Côte d’Ivoire) |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Kleine-Levin Syndrome: A Rare Disease with Often Delayed Diagnosis—A Report of Two Cases in the Department of Neurology of the University Hospital of Cocody (Côte d’Ivoire) |
| title_short | The Kleine-Levin Syndrome: A Rare Disease with Often Delayed Diagnosis—A Report of Two Cases in the Department of Neurology of the University Hospital of Cocody (Côte d’Ivoire) |
| title_sort | kleine levin syndrome a rare disease with often delayed diagnosis a report of two cases in the department of neurology of the university hospital of cocody cote d ivoire |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8929413 |
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