Sudden death due to central alveolar hypoventilation syndrome (Ondine's curse) in a 39-year-old woman with heterotopia of the inferior olive.
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Sudden death due to central alveolar hypoventilation syndrome (Ondine's curse) in a 39-year-old woman with heterotopia of the inferior olive. / Matschke, Jakob; Laas, Rudolf.
In: AM J FOREN MED PATH, Vol. 28, No. 2, 2, 2007, p. 141-144.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Sudden death due to central alveolar hypoventilation syndrome (Ondine's curse) in a 39-year-old woman with heterotopia of the inferior olive.
AU - Matschke, Jakob
AU - Laas, Rudolf
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Failure of automatic involuntary respiration with preservation of voluntary respiratory drive (Ondine's curse) is a rare occurrence which has been reported following a variety of morphologic lesions near respiratory centers in the lower brainstem. We report the case of a 39-year-old woman with a syndrome of fulminant respiratory failure with features of Ondine's curse in whom neuropathologic examination disclosed a preexisting malformation of the lower brainstem, as well as acute local subarachnoid bleeding. Mechanisms in the present case are discussed and a review of similar cases published so far is given. The necessity of sound investigation, including neuropathologic studies in cases of sudden unexplained death, is underlined.
AB - Failure of automatic involuntary respiration with preservation of voluntary respiratory drive (Ondine's curse) is a rare occurrence which has been reported following a variety of morphologic lesions near respiratory centers in the lower brainstem. We report the case of a 39-year-old woman with a syndrome of fulminant respiratory failure with features of Ondine's curse in whom neuropathologic examination disclosed a preexisting malformation of the lower brainstem, as well as acute local subarachnoid bleeding. Mechanisms in the present case are discussed and a review of similar cases published so far is given. The necessity of sound investigation, including neuropathologic studies in cases of sudden unexplained death, is underlined.
M3 - SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz
VL - 28
SP - 141
EP - 144
JO - AM J FOREN MED PATH
JF - AM J FOREN MED PATH
SN - 0195-7910
IS - 2
M1 - 2
ER -
