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1 Teaching NeuroImages Neurology Resident and Fellow Section © 2013 American Academy of Neurology A 68 year old woman with transient ptosis on awakening

2 Della Marca et al. VIGNETTE Unilateral, complete, right ptosis on awakening The disturbance started at age 66 Ptosis occurred after every awakening, from nocturnal sleep and daytime naps Ptosis lasted 4-5 minutes Neurological examination was normal (in particular, no cranial nerve palsy) Brain MRI and EMG were unremarkable

3 Della Marca et al. Fig 1 Fig 2 IMAGING

4 Della Marca et al. Awakening ptosis (unilateral hypnopompic eyelid palsy) Ptosis occurred after awakening from deep NREM & REM sleep stages. Brain MRI, EMG, & polysomnography were otherwise unremarkable. Awakening ptosis has been described as “benign unilateral apraxia of eyelid opening” 1. is a benign phenomenon, not associated with any neurological disease, but the differential diagnosis includes myesthenia gravis & other neuromuscular disorders 2. may be due to an abnormal, transient persistence of sleep- related eyelid atonia.


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