Kleine-Levin syndrome: case report.

East Afr Med J

Psychiatric Hospital, Yaba-Lagos, Nigeria.

Published: January 1998

A case of Kleine-Levin syndrome in a fourteen year old junior high school female student is described. The episodic disorder was characterised by excessive sleep, voracious appetite, irritability, confusion and electro-encephalographic changes. Remission was spontaneous. Prospects for organic aetiology, differential diagnosis, and the importance of early detection are discussed.

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