title: Late onset hypoventilation syndrome: is there a spectrum of idiopathic hypoventilation syndromes?
abstract: We report a case of late onset central hypoventilation syndrome (LO-CHS) with hypothalamic dysfunction (HD) and ganglioneuroma presenting at the age of ten years. LOCHS-HD is now a well-established syndrome; the key is to investigate each child's history and presentation to expeditiously offer the most accurate diagnosis and optimal management.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, T.N. Medical College and B.Y.L. Nair Hospital, Mumbai-400 008, India.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gothi
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Joshi
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005729:Ganglioneuroma / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007040:Hypoventilation / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D017286:Polysomnography; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D020182:Sleep Apnea, Central / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013577:Syndrome