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Isolated Cataplexy of more than 40 Years' Duration

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

J. G. Van Dijk ,
G. J. Lammers  and
B. A. Blansjaar
J. G. Van Dijk*
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology/Clinical Neurophysiology, Leiden University Hospital, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands
G. J. Lammers
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology/Clinical Neurophysiology, Leiden University Hospital, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands
B. A. Blansjaar
Affiliation:
Joris Psychiatric Centre (Sint Joris Gasthuis), Sint Jorisweg 2, 2612 GA Delft, The Netherlands
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

For over 40 years, a 55-year-old woman had suffered from cataplexy, which had been mistakenly identified as hysteria. Sleepiness, hypnagogic hallucinations and sleep-onset paralysis were not present. This is the longest duration of isolated cataplexy reported so far.

Type
Brief Reports
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 159 , Issue 5 , November 1991 , pp. 719 - 721
Copyright
Copyright © 1991 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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