title: ROHHAD Syndrome: The Girl who Forgets to Breathe.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  ROHHAD syndrome is an exceedingly rare cause of central hypoventilation.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 7-year-old girl with ROHHAD syndrome who had central hypoventilation, rapid weight gain, multiple cardiac arrests and hyperprolactinemia.
  
  
  RESULTS
  She required prolonged and repeated ventilation, and finally died due to complications of ventilation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  ROHHAD Syndrome should be suspected in any child who presents with obesity, behavioral changes or autonomic instability following a neural crest tumor.
authors.affiliation: Bombay Hospital Institute of Medical Sciences and #PD Corespondence to: Dr Mukesh Sanklecha, 9C, First Floor, Sind Chambers, Strand, SBS Road, Colaba, Mumbai 400 005, India. doctormukesh@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Mukesh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sanklecha
authors.forename: Suba
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sundaresan
authors.forename: Vrajesh
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Udani
mesh_terms: D001342:Autonomic Nervous System Diseases; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D018305:Ganglioneuroblastoma; D006801:Humans; D010845:Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome