ArticleJournal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine2024
A case of middle-aged central sleep apnea due to Joubert syndrome with different treatment effects of oxygen and acetazolamide.
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- A case of central sleep apnea in an adult with agenesis of the corpus callosum.Respiratory medicine case reports · 2025Article
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Abstract
We report a case of severe central sleep apnea incidentally diagnosed during polysomnography for suspected obstructive sleep apnea. Characteristic clinical features included episodic hyperventilation followed by apnea from hypocapnia, which did not follow a Cheyne-Stokes pattern. Combined with the identification of cerebellar and brainstem malformations known as the "molar tooth sign" on a brain magnetic resonance imaging, developmental delay, and motor coordination problems, Joubert syndrome (a congenital disease) was first diagnosed at the age of 50 years. Central apneas were also observed during wakefulness, although not continuously. During sleep, continuous positive airway pressure and adaptive servo-ventilation were ineffective at the referring clinic and at our hospital. Supplemental oxygen decreased the frequency of central apneas and significantly shortened the duration of each central sleep apnea compared with room air. In contrast, the opposite response was observed with acetazolamide administration. CITATION: Murashima R, Shiota S, Sugiyama A, et al. A case of middle-aged central sleep apnea due to Joubert syndrome with different treatment effects of oxygen and acetazolamide.
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