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Neuro-Oncology 1999 1(4):289-291; doi:10.1093/neuonc/1.4.289
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© 1999 by the Society forNeuro-Oncology

Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome in a patient with medulloblastoma

Glen Greenough1, Michael Sateia and Camilo E. Fadul

Sleep Disorders Center, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon,NH 03756

1 Address correspondence and reprint requests to Glen Greenough, M.D., SleepDisorders Center, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, One Medical CenterDrive, Lebanon, NH 03756.


  Abstract

We present one adult patient with medulloblastoma who developedpolysomnographically documented obstructive sleep apnea after posterior fossasurgery. The sleep apnea worsened in conjunction with clinical andimaging-con-firmed neoplastic progression and clinically improved aftercraniospinal radiation therapy. Medulloblastoma or its surgical treatment hasnever before been implicated in a sleep-related breathing disorder. We discusspossible mechanisms for its occurrence and management implications.

Received February 2, 1999; Accepted June 23, 1999


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