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Apneic Spells in a Patient with Myelomeningocele without Chiari Type II Malformation

Authors :
Toshihiko Nishimura
Koreaki Mori
Motoharu Fujii
Yasuo Sada
Source :
Neurologia medico-chirurgica. 35:876-881
Publication Year :
1995
Publisher :
Japan Neurosurgical Society, 1995.

Abstract

A female neonate with myelomeningocele but without Chiari type II malformation suffered from apneic spells. Magnetic resonance imaging showed no obvious brainstem anomaly. Brainstem auditory evoked potentials were initially abnormal and subsequently deteriorated during the 6 months after birth. The brainstem deficits were not reversed by a ventriculoperitoneal shunt. She died of respiratory distress and cardiac failure at 2 years of age. This case indicates an intrinsic dysfunction in the brainstem of patients with myelomeningocele not complicated by Chiari type II malformation.

Details

ISSN :
13498029 and 04708105
Volume :
35
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Neurologia medico-chirurgica
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........77966e85a6ef97030ca3ff468a42d73e
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.2176/nmc.35.876