Prolonged head banging improved by adenoidectomy in a 6-year-old girl

Yuki Inami , Katsunori Fujii , Hiroko Tada
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Abstract

Background

Head banging is a sleep-related rhythmic movement disorder in children, characterized by sudden banging of the head on the crib headboard or side railing during sleep. It usually improves before 4 years of age, but may persist into adolescence owing to specific etiologies.

Case report

We describe the case of a 6-year-old Japanese girl who had exhibited prolonged head banging since the age of 6 months. As polysomnography revealed obstructive sleep apnea at age 6, adenoidectomy was performed to resolve her sleep disturbances. The head banging decreased dramatically after the adenoidectomy and was associated with reduced periodic limb movements, and increased long sleep fragmentation.

Discussion

Head banging is a subtype of sleep-related rhythmic movement disorder, which mainly affects infants and children. Sleep apnea reportedly causes sleep-related rhythmic movement disorders in adults; however, there have been only one report in children with head banging. We demonstrated that prolonged head banging was dramatically reduced by adenoidectomy, suggesting that obstructive sleep apnea could exacerbate head banging during childhood.

Conclusion

Head banging in children over 5 years of age has diverse etiologies. Obstructive sleep apnea could be considered one of the few possible causes of prolonged head banging.
一例6岁女童长时间头部撞击经腺样体切除术后改善
撞头是一种与睡眠有关的儿童节律性运动障碍,其特征是在睡眠中突然撞击婴儿床床头板或侧栏杆。它通常在4岁前改善,但由于特定的病因,可能持续到青春期。病例报告我们描述了一名6岁的日本女孩,她从6个月开始就表现出长时间的头部撞击。由于6岁时多导睡眠图显示阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停,我们对她进行了腺样体切除术以解决她的睡眠障碍。在腺样体切除术后,头部撞击显著减少,与周期性肢体运动减少和长时间睡眠中断有关。头部撞击是一种与睡眠有关的节律性运动障碍的亚型,主要影响婴儿和儿童。据报道,睡眠呼吸暂停会导致成人睡眠相关的节律性运动障碍;然而,只有一个关于儿童头部撞击的报告。我们证明了腺样体切除术显著减少了长时间的头部撞击,这表明阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停可能加剧儿童时期的头部撞击。结论5岁以上儿童头部撞击有多种病因。阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停可以被认为是长时间头部撞击的少数可能原因之一。
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