Respiratory Arrest: a Complication of Arnold-Chiari Malformation in Adults

Overview

Journal Eur Neurol

Specialty Neurology

Date 1996 Jan 1

PMID 8719648

Citations 10

Authors

S Omer

M Z Al-Kawi

S Bohlega

A Bouchama

D Mclean

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Abstract

We describe the cases of 2 adult patients who developed respiratory arrest and were found to have Arnold-Chiari malformation on magnetic resonance imaging. Following posterior fossa decompression both patients improved, though one of them subsequently died during sleep. Imaging of the craniocervical junction should be part of the workup of patients with unexplained apneic episodes.

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