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Recurrent acoustic neuroma presenting as central alveolar hypoventilation
D K Lee1, G W Wahl, A J Swinburne
1Rochester General Hospital, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, NY.
Chest
|March 1, 1994
Abstract:
Centrally mediated hypoventilation causes respiratory failure without respiratory distress. We present a case of recurrent acoustic neuroma at the cerebellopontine angle causing acute and chronic respiratory failure. Tumor resection eliminated recurrence of respiratory failure.