Arnold Chiari type 1 malformation presenting with sleep disordered breathing in well children.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Healthy children, aged 3, 9, and 13 years referred with sleep disordered breathing had marked central apnoea and bradypnoea on polysomnography, necessitating the use of non-invasive bilevel ventilation in two cases. Each had normal neurological examinations and an Arnold Chiari type 1 malformation was confirmed on magnetic resonance imaging. All underwent urgent posterior fossa decompression which normalised their sleep breathing.
Medical subject headings
- Arnold-Chiari Malformation
- Sleep Apnea Syndromes