Mistaken diagnosis of psychogenic gait disorder in a man with status cataplecticus ("Limp Man Syndrome")

David K. Simon; Seiji Nishino; Thomas E. Scammell

doi:10.1002/mds.20078

journal article Mar 16, 2004

Mistaken diagnosis of psychogenic gait disorder in a man with status cataplecticus ("Limp Man Syndrome")

David K. Simon Seiji Nishino Thomas E. Scammell

Movement Disorders Vol. 19 No. 7 pp. 838-840 · Wiley

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Abstract

AbstractWe report on a 45‐year‐old man with a history of multiple psychiatric admissions for a gait disorder and episodic weakness thought to be psychogenic who was subsequently diagnosed with status cataplecticus due to narcolepsy. The gait difficulties resolved with venlafaxine. This case demonstrates that status cataplecticus can be misdiagnosed as a psychogenic gait disorder. © 2004 Movement Disorder Society

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Published: Mar 16, 2004
Vol/Issue: 19(7)
Pages: 838-840
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Authors

From the Sleep and Wake Disorders Center, Department of Neurology, Gui de Chauliac Hospital, and the University of Montpellier, INSERM Institute for Neurosciences of Montpellier — both in Montpellier, France (Y. Dauvilliers); the Stanford Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Center for Sleep Sciences and Medicine, Stanford University Medical School, Palo Alto, CA (E.M.); the Neurophysiology and Sleep Disorders Unit, Vithas Hospitals, and Universidad CEU San Pablo, CEU Universities — both in Madrid (R.R.V.); Takeda Development Center Americas, Lexington (Y. Du, E.H., H.K., E.K., S.M., R.R., S.I.S., T.S., P.R., J.W., H.Z., N.V.M., C.H.), and the Department of Neurology, Division of Sleep Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston (T.E.S.) — both in Massachusetts; Japan Somnology Center, Institute of Neuropsychiatry, and the Department of Somnology, Tokyo Medical University — both in Tokyo (Y.I.); the State Health Center, Budapest, Hungary (Z.S.); and IRCCS,...

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David K. Simon, Seiji Nishino, Thomas E. Scammell (2004). Mistaken diagnosis of psychogenic gait disorder in a man with status cataplecticus ("Limp Man Syndrome"). Movement Disorders, 19(7), 838-840. https://doi.org/10.1002/mds.20078

Mistaken diagnosis of psychogenic gait disorder in a man with status cataplecticus ("Limp Man Syndrome")

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