Left temporopolar impairment in a case of posttraumatic hypersomnia.

Jean Farisse Eric Guedj Raphaëlle Richieri Valérie Cochen De Cock Christophe Lancon Laurent Boyer

J Head Trauma Rehabil

Department of Psychiatry, Sainte-Marguerite University Hospital (Drs Farisse, Richieri, and Lancon); APHM, Hôpital de la Timone, Service Central de Biophysique et Médecine Nucléaire (Dr Guedj); CERIMED (Dr Guedj) and INT, CNRS UMR 7289 (Dr Guedj), Aix-Marseille Univ; EA 3279, Self-perceived Health Assessment Research Unit, School of Medicine, La Timone University (Drs Lancon and Boyer), Marseille; and Unité des troubles du sommeil, service de neurologie, CHU Gui-de-Chauliac, Montpellier (Dr Cochen De Cock), France.

Published: July 2014

We report a focal morphofunctional brain impairment within the left temporopolar cortex in a patient with a posttraumatic hypersomnia. This case may contribute to better understanding the possible pathophysiological mechanism for posttraumatic hypersomnia.

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