NOCTURNAL ARTERIAL OXYGEN DESATURATION SECONDARY TO A SPHENOIDAL MENINGIOMA

Authors
GARCIARIO F PRADOS C RACIONERO MA SERRANO S PINO JM VILLAMOR J
Citation
F. Garciario et al., NOCTURNAL ARTERIAL OXYGEN DESATURATION SECONDARY TO A SPHENOIDAL MENINGIOMA, Respiration, 64(3), 1997, pp. 229-232
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Respiratory System
Journal title
Respiration → ACNP
ISSN journal
00257931
Volume
64
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
229 - 232
Database
ISI
SICI code
0025-7931(1997)64:3<229:NAODST>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
We report the case of a nonobese and nonsmoking 51-year-old man with n octurnal arterial oxygen desaturation that returned to normal after sp henoidal meningioma resection, He presented an important daytime hyper somnia and episodes of nocturnal apnea, without snoring, His arterial blood gases, mechanical properties of the respiratory system, pulmonar y diffusing capacity and chemosensitivity were normal, The most freque nt causes of nocturnal hypoxemia are examined.