Sporadic Fatal Insomnia presenting with agrypnia excitata and rapidly progressive dementia: a case report

Miryam Cannizzaro^#^{1

2}, Valentina Pieri^#^{1

2}, Davide Gusmeo Curti^{1

2}, Mor Gueye^{1

2}, Giulia Rugarli^{1

2}, Giovanni Napoli^{1

2}, Rosalinda Cardamone², Andrea Falini^{1

3}, Daniela Perani^{1

4}, Marco Zucconi⁵, Francesca Casoni⁵, Giorgio Giaccone⁶, Fabio Moda⁶, Giuseppe Di Fede⁶, Giuseppe Magnani², Francesca Caso², Massimo Filippi^{7

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Affiliations

¹ Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.
² Neurology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
³ Neuroradiology Unit and CERMAC, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
⁴ Nuclear Medicine Unit, Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
⁵ Sleep Disorders Centre, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
⁶ Unit of Neurology 5 and Neuropathology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy.
⁷ Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy. filippi.massimo@hsr.it.
⁸ Neurology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy. filippi.massimo@hsr.it.
⁹ Neuroimaging Research Unit, Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy. filippi.massimo@hsr.it.
¹⁰ Neurorehabilitation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy. filippi.massimo@hsr.it.
¹¹ Neurophysiology Service, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy. filippi.massimo@hsr.it.

^# Contributed equally.

Case Reports

Miryam Cannizzaro et al. J Neurol. 2023 Jun.

. 2023 Jun;270(6):3246-3251.

doi: 10.1007/s00415-023-11605-5. Epub 2023 Feb 22.

¹ Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.
² Neurology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
³ Neuroradiology Unit and CERMAC, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
⁴ Nuclear Medicine Unit, Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
⁵ Sleep Disorders Centre, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
⁶ Unit of Neurology 5 and Neuropathology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy.
⁷ Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy. filippi.massimo@hsr.it.
⁸ Neurology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy. filippi.massimo@hsr.it.
⁹ Neuroimaging Research Unit, Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy. filippi.massimo@hsr.it.
¹⁰ Neurorehabilitation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy. filippi.massimo@hsr.it.
¹¹ Neurophysiology Service, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy. filippi.massimo@hsr.it.

^# Contributed equally.

Erratum in

Correction to: Sporadic Fatal Insomnia presenting with agrypnia excitata and rapidly progressive dementia: a case report.
Cannizzaro M, Pieri V, Curti DG, Gueye M, Rugarli G, Napoli G, Cardamone R, Falini A, Perani D, Zucconi M, Casoni F, Giaccone G, Moda F, Di Fede G, Magnani G, Caso F, Filippi M. Cannizzaro M, et al. J Neurol. 2023 Jul;270(7):3674. doi: 10.1007/s00415-023-11675-5. J Neurol. 2023. PMID: 36976330 No abstract available.

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