Year: 1999
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: We present one adult patient with medulloblastoma who developed polysomnographically documented obstructive sleep apnea after posterior fossa surgery. The sleep apnea worsened in conjunction with clinical and imaging-confirmed neoplastic progression and clinically improved after craniospinal radiation therapy. Medulloblastoma or its surgical treatment has never before been implicated in a sleep-related breathing disorder. We discuss possible mechanisms for its occurrence and management implications.
Source: Neuro-Oncology
Authors: G. Greenough, M. Sateia, C. E. Fadul
Institution: Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center
Language: English
Subfield: Physiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2110892602