Central neurogenic hyperventilation in a conscious man with CSF dissemination from a pineal glioblastoma.
A 40-year old conscious man developed central neurogenic hyperventilation (CNH). He had tumor dissemination to the brainstem 10 months after undergoing partial removal of a pineal glioblastoma. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of CNH caused by the cerebrospinal fluid dissemination of a tumor. The authors suggest that multiple lesions from an infiltrative tumor in the brainstem may give rise to CNH and further our understanding of the pathogenesis of CNH.
Toyooka
Terushige
T
Department of Neurosurgery, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Japan. teru-toy@msc.biglobe.ne.jp
Miyazawa
Takahito
T
Fukui
Shinji
S
Otani
Naoki
N
Nawashiro
Hiroshi
H
Shima
Katsuji
K
D000328:Adult; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000166:cytology*; D003243:Consciousness; D018450:Disease Progression; D005909:Glioblastoma / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D006985:Hyperventilation / Q000209:etiology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D010871:Pinealoma / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000150:complications*