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Respiratory movement in Ondine’s curse after unilateral medullary infarction: A case report
Author(s) -
Hirayama Takuro,
Tateishi Yohei,
Kanamoto Tadashi,
Matsuoka Ryutaro,
Kutsuna Fumiya,
Hayashi Nobutaka,
Yamashita Kairi,
Shima Tomoaki,
Ota Rie,
Nagaoka Atsushi,
Yoshimura Shunsuke,
Miyazaki Teiichiro,
Horie Nobutaka,
Izumo Tsuyoshi,
Tsujino Akira
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
neurology and clinical neuroscience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.125
0ISSN - 2049-4173
DOI - 10.1111/ncn3.12459
Subject(s) - medicine , medulla oblongata , medullary cavity , respiratory system , infarction , medulla , respiration , anesthesia , phrenic nerve , curse , spinal cord , apnea , cardiology , anatomy , central nervous system , myocardial infarction , psychiatry , sociology , anthropology
Ondine's curse secondary to unilateral medullary infarction has been reported. However, the mechanism remains unclear. This case of a patient with an infarction extending from the right side of the medulla oblongata to the spinal cord at the C1 level showed absence and decrease of respiratory movement on the right and left sides of the chest, respectively, during automatic respiration. The physiological respiratory findings implied that Ondine's curse due to unilateral medullary infarction could be caused by both the impaired regulation of automatic respiration and the disconnection of the projection to ipsilateral phrenic motoneurons.