Table 1 Features of ever reported restless abdomen cases
From: Restless abdomen: a spectrum or a phenotype variant of restless legs syndrome?
Age & Gender | Medical history | Duration of symptoms, y | Main clinical manifestations | Diagnostic criteria | Supportive criteria | Nature of the disease | |||||||||
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D1 | D2 | D3 | D4 | D5 | S1 | S2 | S3 | S4 | S5 | ||||||
2003 Italy | 72 M | Facial tics since adolescence | 4 | An unpleasant restless sensation originating in his lower abdomen, spreading then to the lower limbs and associated with a compelling need to move the legs. | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | / | / | Part of the phenotypic spectrum of RLS |
2011 Spain | 62 M | / | 14 | Nocturnal awakenings due to a “nervous twitchy feeling” in his abdomen. | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | N | Y | Y | A phenotype variant of RLS |
62 M | / | 6 | An unpleasant “abnormal tickling” in his abdomen | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | N | Y | Y | ||
62 F | / | 1 | Electric currents, shocks, or sparks deep in her belly | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | N | Y | Y | ||
2014 Japan | 43 F | / | 0.17 | Uncomfortable sensations including ‘twitching’ in his abdomen | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | N | Y | Y | ‘Periodic abdominal movements’. |
2015 Italy | 81 M | HBP, HLP, AAA, CAD, mild renal insufficiency and left renal artery stenosis. | 34 | Abdominal ‘cramps’ associated with unpleasant restless sensation of discomfort with the urge to move occurring in the evening when lying in relaxed wakefulness and when trying to fall asleep. | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | N | A variant of periodic limb movement in wakefulness (LM/PLMW) |