Severely obese 14-year-old boy with central sleep apnea several years after head trauma.

Autor: Moritani Y; Department of Pediatrics, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Nagano, Japan., Shibazaki T; Department of Pediatrics, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Nagano, Japan., Kobori H; Department of Pediatrics, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Nagano, Japan., Morota H; Department of Pediatrics, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Nagano, Japan., Nakamura C; Department of Pediatrics, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Nagano, Japan., Nakazawa Y; Department of Pediatrics, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Nagano, Japan.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Clinical pediatric endocrinology : case reports and clinical investigations : official journal of the Japanese Society for Pediatric Endocrinology [Clin Pediatr Endocrinol] 2024; Vol. 33 (2), pp. 82-86. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Feb 23.
DOI: 10.1297/cpe.2023-0053
Abstrakt: Central sleep apnea (CSA) is rare in older children. Although CSA mostly arises from neurological diseases such as Chiari malformation, the frequency of CSA is significantly higher in obese children. Herein, we describe the case of a 14-yr-old boy who presented with CSA secondary to severe obesity and a history of traumatic lateral medullary syndrome at 8 yr of age. Polysomnography revealed severe sleep apnea syndrome with apnea-hypopnea index of 41.4 per hour and central apnea index of 8.9 per hour. Magnetic resonance imaging of the head showed no new brainstem or cerebellar infarcts; however, old changes in the cerebellar infarction persisted. Obesity is primarily associated with obstructive sleep apnea. However, obesity can result in CSA through pharyngeal collapse and the reduction of oxygen reserves caused by reduced thoracic volume, which suppresses respiratory center stimulation. Because the respiratory center disorder owing to head injury sequelae improved after the acute stage, obesity was deemed the cause of CSA in this case. Hence, children with severe obesity may require CSA monitoring.
Competing Interests: The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
(2024©The Japanese Society for Pediatric Endocrinology.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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