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Failure of automatic control of ventilation (Ondine's curse) associated with viral encephalitis of the brainstem: a clinicopathologic study of one case.
Clin Neuropathol. 1988 Sep-Oct; 7(5):234-7.CN

Abstract

A case of Ondine's curse associated with hypothalamic dysfunction in an 8-year-old boy is described. The neuropathological examination revealed a viral encephalitis affecting the hypothalamus and the brainstem. In the medulla the inflammatory process involved the reticular formation and the nuclei considered to control automatic respiration such as the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus, the nucleus tractus solitarii and the nucleus ambiguous. Although Ondine's curse following viral infection of the central nervous system has been previously reported this represents the first case of viral encephalitis to be pathologically documentated.

Authors+Show Affiliations

Giangaspero F
Institute of Anatomic Pathology, University of Bologna, Italy.
Schiavina M
No affiliation info available
Sturani C
No affiliation info available
Mondini S
No affiliation info available
Cirignotta F
No affiliation info available

MeSH

Autonomic Nervous System DiseasesChildEncephalitis, ArbovirusHumansMaleSleep Apnea Syndromes

Pub Type(s)

Case Reports
Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

3208461

Citation

Giangaspero, F, et al. "Failure of Automatic Control of Ventilation (Ondine's Curse) Associated With Viral Encephalitis of the Brainstem: a Clinicopathologic Study of One Case." Clinical Neuropathology, vol. 7, no. 5, 1988, pp. 234-7.
Giangaspero F, Schiavina M, Sturani C, et al. Failure of automatic control of ventilation (Ondine's curse) associated with viral encephalitis of the brainstem: a clinicopathologic study of one case. Clin Neuropathol. 1988;7(5):234-7.
Giangaspero, F., Schiavina, M., Sturani, C., Mondini, S., & Cirignotta, F. (1988). Failure of automatic control of ventilation (Ondine's curse) associated with viral encephalitis of the brainstem: a clinicopathologic study of one case. Clinical Neuropathology, 7(5), 234-7.
Giangaspero F, et al. Failure of Automatic Control of Ventilation (Ondine's Curse) Associated With Viral Encephalitis of the Brainstem: a Clinicopathologic Study of One Case. Clin Neuropathol. 1988 Sep-Oct;7(5):234-7. PubMed PMID: 3208461.
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