A Case of Medullary Infarct Causing Central Alveolar Hypoventilation

Central alveolar hypoventilation (CAH) is a rarely encountered pathology characterized by decreased ventilation due to the loss of autonomic control. Most cases present at birth, as it can be a rare genetic disorder, but we aim to show that it can occur as an acquired condition too. We present a cas...

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Autores principales: Lim, William, Breitling, May, Nugent, Bryan, Sinha, Aditi, Diaz, Keith
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8437087/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34548970
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.17153
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author Lim, William
Breitling, May
Nugent, Bryan
Sinha, Aditi
Diaz, Keith
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description Central alveolar hypoventilation (CAH) is a rarely encountered pathology characterized by decreased ventilation due to the loss of autonomic control. Most cases present at birth, as it can be a rare genetic disorder, but we aim to show that it can occur as an acquired condition too. We present a case of a 65-year-old man who developed CAH as a sequela of an ischemic stroke and discuss possible pathophysiology. Increasing awareness and an early detection of this condition can have a significant effect on morbidity and mortality of patients.
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spelling pubmed-84370872021-09-20 A Case of Medullary Infarct Causing Central Alveolar Hypoventilation Lim, William Breitling, May Nugent, Bryan Sinha, Aditi Diaz, Keith Cureus Internal Medicine Central alveolar hypoventilation (CAH) is a rarely encountered pathology characterized by decreased ventilation due to the loss of autonomic control. Most cases present at birth, as it can be a rare genetic disorder, but we aim to show that it can occur as an acquired condition too. We present a case of a 65-year-old man who developed CAH as a sequela of an ischemic stroke and discuss possible pathophysiology. Increasing awareness and an early detection of this condition can have a significant effect on morbidity and mortality of patients. Cureus 2021-08-13 /pmc/articles/PMC8437087/ /pubmed/34548970 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.17153 Text en Copyright © 2021, Lim et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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