Ondine’s curse, a fatal infarction diagnosed by polysomnography and saved by ventilation: a case report

BACKGROUND: Lateral medullary syndrome causing Ondine’s curse is a rare yet fatal brainstem infarction. Any patient presenting with lateral medulla infarction ought to be well observed and a polysomnography must be ordered for him. CASE PRESENTATION: A patient presenting with Ondine’s curse is dealt...

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Autores principales: Aref, Hany, Roushdy, Tamer, Zaki, Amr, El Nahas, Nevine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8196933/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34149280
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41983-021-00326-z
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description BACKGROUND: Lateral medullary syndrome causing Ondine’s curse is a rare yet fatal brainstem infarction. Any patient presenting with lateral medulla infarction ought to be well observed and a polysomnography must be ordered for him. CASE PRESENTATION: A patient presenting with Ondine’s curse is dealt with through polysomnography as a diagnostic procedure that was followed by tracheostomy with portable ventilator and cardiac pacemaker as a therapeutic maneuver which ultimately preserved his life. CONCLUSION: Lateral medullary syndrome infarct could be a life-threatening stroke if not diagnosed and managed properly.
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spelling pubmed-81969332021-06-15 Ondine’s curse, a fatal infarction diagnosed by polysomnography and saved by ventilation: a case report Aref, Hany Roushdy, Tamer Zaki, Amr El Nahas, Nevine Egypt J Neurol Psychiatr Neurosurg Case Report BACKGROUND: Lateral medullary syndrome causing Ondine’s curse is a rare yet fatal brainstem infarction. Any patient presenting with lateral medulla infarction ought to be well observed and a polysomnography must be ordered for him. CASE PRESENTATION: A patient presenting with Ondine’s curse is dealt with through polysomnography as a diagnostic procedure that was followed by tracheostomy with portable ventilator and cardiac pacemaker as a therapeutic maneuver which ultimately preserved his life. CONCLUSION: Lateral medullary syndrome infarct could be a life-threatening stroke if not diagnosed and managed properly. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2021-06-12 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC8196933/ /pubmed/34149280 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41983-021-00326-z Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
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title_short Ondine’s curse, a fatal infarction diagnosed by polysomnography and saved by ventilation: a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8196933/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41983-021-00326-z
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