Abstract
We report a patient with severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) associated with a unique combination of syringobulbia-myelia, Chiari malformation type I (CM), absent hypoxic ventilatory drive, vocal cord paralysis, post-menopausal status, obesity, and acute respiratory failure necessitating mechanical ventilation. The remote onset of OSA five years after surgery underscores the need for long-term follow-up of patients with syringobulbia-myelia and CM and the importance of addressing multiple interacting neurologic, metabolic, and mechanical predispositions to sleep-disordered breathing.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 232-236 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Journal of the Neurological Sciences |
| Volume | 126 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Nov 1994 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Chiari malformation
- Obstructive sleep apnea
- Syringobulbia-myelia
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Neurology
- Clinical Neurology
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Ely, E. W., McCall, W. V., & Haponik, E. F. (1994). Multifactorial obstructive sleep apnea in a patient with Chiari malformation. Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 126(2), 232-236. https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-510X(94)90280-1