Cluster breathing associated with bihemispheric infarction and sparing of the brainstem.
OBJECTIVE
To report cluster breathing pattern associated with a nonbrainstem lesion.


METHODS
Case report.


METHODS
Neurointensive care unit, St Mary's Hospital, Rochester, Minn.


METHODS
A patient with subarachnoid hemorrhage developed severe, diffuse, distal bilateral middle cerebral artery vasospasm with resultant cortical laminar necrosis and transient cluster breathing. Intervention Magnetic resonance imaging revealed bihemispheric lesions but no brainstem lesion.


CONCLUSIONS
Cluster breathing may occur with nonbrainstem lesions.
Freeman
William D
WD
Division of Critical Care Neurology, Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minn, USA.
Sen
Surjya
S
Roy
Tuhin K
TK
Wijdicks
Eelco F M
EF
D000368:Aged; D020520:Brain Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020244:Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D012125:Respiratory Center / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D020301:Vasospasm, Intracranial / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology