Central Hypoventilation: A Rare Complication of Wallenberg Syndrome

Authors

Keithan Sivakumar MD, MBA, Lehigh Valley Health NetworkFollow
Manveer Garcha, Lehigh Valley Health NetworkFollow
Dev Mehta, Lehigh Valley Health NetworkFollow
Megan Leary MD, Lehigh Valley Health NetworkFollow
Hussam A. Yacoub MD, Lehigh Valley Health NetworkFollow

Publication/Presentation Date

2018

Abstract

Central alveolar hypoventilation disorders denote conditions resulting from underlying neurologic disorders affecting the sensors, the central controller, or the integration of those signals leading to insufficient ventilation and reduction in partial pressures of oxygen. We report a patient who presented with a left lateral medullary ischemic stroke after aneurysm repair who subsequently developed a rare complication of CAH. Increased awareness of this condition’s clinical manifestations is crucial to make an accurate diagnosis and understand its complications and prognosis.

Volume

2018

Comments

Copyright © 2018 Keithan Sivakumar et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Published In/Presented At

Sivakumar, K. Garcha, M. Mehta, D. Leary, M. Yacoub, H. A. (2018). Central Hypoventilation: A Rare Complication of Wallenberg Syndrome. Case Reports in Neurological Medicine.

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences | Neurology

PubMedID

29755801

Department(s)

Department of Medicine, Department of Medicine Faculty, Department of Medicine Fellows and Residents

Document Type

Article