title: Sleep apnea and the Chiari I malformation: case report.
abstract: The authors report the case of an ambulatory patient who presented with sleep apnea episodes of the central and obstructive types and an associated Chiari Type I malformation. The central episodes stopped and the obstructive episodes decreased markedly after decompression. The improvement in the so-called obstructive episodes was unexpected and indicates that they may have been on a central basis.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurological Surgery, John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital, Atlantis, Florida.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Levitt
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Cohn
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001139:Arnold-Chiari Malformation / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000209:etiology*