Radiation necrosis causing failure of automatic ventilation during sleep with central sleep apnea.
A patient operated upon for a midline cerebellar hemangioblastoma developed failure of automatic respiration during sleep, together with central sleep apnea syndrome, approximately two years after receiving radiation therapy to the brain. Clinical and CT scan findings were compatible with a diagnosis of radiation necrosis as the cause of his abnormal respiratory control.
D000328:Adult; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012125:Respiratory Center / Q000473:pathology / Q000528:radiation effects*; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000209:etiology*