[Sleep apnoea related to Arnold-Chiari malformation].
A case report of two patients with Arnold-Chiari malformation (ACM) with signs of sleep apnoea is presented. The first subject presented with respiratory failure due to obstructive sleep apnoea which worsened during respiratory infection. The continuous positive airway pressure treatment of this subject failed because of bad compliance. The second patient showed a variety of typical ACM symptoms and symptomatic central sleep apnoea. The CPAP treatment in this patient was successful. A review of literature describing sleep disordered breathing in patients with ACM is discussed.
Adam
Nowiński
N
II Kliniki Chorób Płuc, Warszawa.
Luiza
Jończak
J
Robert
Pływaczewski
P
Wiesława
Kossowska
K
Jacek
Pawłowski
P
Dorota
Górecka
G
D000368:Aged; D001139:Arnold-Chiari Malformation / Q000150:complications*; D045422:Continuous Positive Airway Pressure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome