A case of ondine curse associated with medullary tumor

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 811-815

  Nakajima, M ^a   Katsura, K ^a   Hashimoto, Y ^a   Terasaki, T ^a   Uchino, M ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autonomous breathing; Medullary tumor; Ondine curse; Respiratory failure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BRAIN STEM TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; SLEEP APNEA, CENTRAL;

EID: 0034467111     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Impaired chemoreceptor function and chronic hypoventilatíon many years following poliomyelitis
2. Combined central alveolar hypoventilation and upper airway obstruction: Treatment by tracheostomy and diaphragm pacing
3. Ondine's curse-failure of respiratory center automaticallity while awake
4. Acute failure of autonomic respiration secondary to a unilateral brainstem infarct
5. Neurofibromatosis associated with central alveolar hypoventilation syndrome during sleep
6. Hypercarbic periodic breathing during sleep in a child with a central nervous system tumor
7. Lipomas of the mesencephalic tectum and rostral pons associated with sleep apnea syndrome
8. Recurrent acoustic neuroma presenting as central alveolar hypoventilation
9. An uncommon case of brainstem tumor with selective involvement of the respiratory centers