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20-September-2008 10:08:30 - Ondine's curse Redirected from Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome Jump to: navigation, search Ondine's curse Classification and external resources Ondine, by John William Waterhouse 1872 ICD-10 G47.3 ICD-9 348.8 OMIM 209880 DiseasesDB 32976 MedlinePlus 000078 eMedicine ped/1645 MeSH D020182 Ondine's Curse, also called congenital central hypoventilation syndrome CCHS or primary alveolar hypoventilation, is a respiratory disorder that is fatal if untreated. Persons afflicted with Ondine's curse classically suffer from respiratory arrest during sleep. This very rare and serious form of central sleep apnea involves an inborn failure of autonomic control of breathing. About 1 in 200,000 live born children have the condition. In 2006, there were only about 200 known cases worldwide. In all cases, episodes of apnea occur in sleep, but in a few patients, at the most severe end of the spectrum, apnea also occurs while awake. Contents 1 Symptoms 2 Causes 3 Diagnosis 4 Treatment and prognosis 5 History and etymology 6 Cultural references 7 References Symptoms Ondine's curse is associated with respiratory arrests during sleep and, with incomplete penetrance, neuroblastoma tumors of the sympathetic ganglia, Hirschprung disease partial agenesis of the enteric nervous system, dysphagia difficulty swallowing, anomalies of the pupilla, etc. Causes Ondine's curse is exhibited typically as a congenital disorder, but in rare circumstances, can also result from severe brain or spinal trauma such as after an automobile accident, stroke, or as a complication of neurosurgery. Medical investigation of patients with this syndrome has led to a deeper understanding of how the body and brain regulate breathing on a molecular level. PHOX2B can be associated with this condition.1234 This homeobox gene is important for the normal development of the autonomic nervous system. The disease used to be classified as a neurocristopathy,56 or disease of the neural crest because part of the autonomic nervous system such as sympathetic ganglia derives from the neural crest. However, this denomination should be dropped because essential neurons of the autonomic nervous system, including those that underlie the defining symptom of the disease respiratory arrests, are derived from the neural tube the medulla, not from the neural crest. Diagnosis Children with Congenital Central Hypoventilaion Syndrome develop life-threatening episodes of apnea with cyanosis, usually in the first months of life. Medical evaluation excludes lesions of the brain, heart, and lungs but demonstrate impaired responses to build-up of carbon dioxide hypercapnia and decreases of oxygen in the circulation hypoxia, the two strongest stimuli to increase breathing rate. Polysomnography shows that hypoventilation is most marked during slow-wave sleep. In the most severe cases, hypoventilation is present during other nonrapid eye movement sleep stages and even wakefulness. A subset of CCHS patients are at very high risk for developing malignant neural crest derived tumors, such as neuroblastoma. The sequence of PHOX2B reveals mutations in 91% of the cases.7 As in many disorders that are very rare, an infant with this unusual form of sleep apnea suffers from the probability that their physician has most likely never seen another case and will not recognize the diagnosis. In some locations, such as France, optimal management of patients, once identified, has been aided by the creation of a national registry and the formation of a network of centers. Treatment and prognosis Patients generally require tracheotomies and lifetime mechanical ventilation on a ventilator in order to survive. However, it is now been shown that Biphasic Cuirass Ventilation can effectively be used without the need of a tracheotomy. Most people with congenital Ondine's curse do not survive infancy, unless they receive ventilatory assistance during sleep. An alternative to a mechanical ventilator is Phrenic Nerve Pacing/diaphragm pacing.8 Although rare, cases of long-term untreated CCHS have been reported.9 History and etymology It was first described in 1962 by Severinghaus and Mitchell in three patients following surgery to the upper cervical spinal cord and brainstem.10 Its name is a reference to the myth of Ondine,11 a water nymph who had an unfaithful mortal lover. He swore to her that his every waking breath would be a testimony of his love, and upon witnessing his adultery, she cursed that if he should fall asleep, he would forget to breathe. Eventually, he fell asleep from sheer exhaustion, and his breathing stopped. Cultural references Ondine's curse was mentioned in the 1987 film Black Widow starring Debra Winger, Theresa Russell, Terry O'Quinn and D. W. Moffett. Ondine's Curse was given as a reason for the death of a mafia connected man who suddenly died in his sleep for no reason. Ondine's curse was also mentioned in the book It's Kind of A Funny Story Ned Vizzini. The main character describes the phenomenon after having read it in DSM the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, a psychiatric textbook. Ondine's Curse was mentioned in the medical horror novel The M.D. by Thomas Disch in which an unscrupulous doctor with the power of Mercury's caduceus cursed a stolen purse: Take the money from this purse, and you will suffer Ondine's Curse. References ^ Gaultier C, Amiel J, Dauger S, et al 2004. Genetics and early disturbances of breathing control. Pediatr. Res. 55 5: 729-33. doi:10.1203/01.PDR.0000115677.78759.C5. PMID 14739359. ^ Gaultier C, Trang H, Dauger S, Gallego J 2005. Pediatric disorders with autonomic dysfunction: what role for PHOX2B?. Pediatr. Res. 58 1: 1-6. doi:10.1203/01.PDR.0000166755.29277.C4. PMID 15901893. ^ Todd ES, Weinberg SM, Berry-Kravis EM, et al 2006. Facial phenotype in children and young adults with PHOX2B-determined congenital central hypoventilation syndrome: quantitative pattern of dysmorphology. Pediatr. Res. 59 1: 39-45. doi:10.1203/01.pdr.0000191814.73340.1d. PMID 16327002. ^ Gene secret of 'mythical curse' at BBC News, 5 May 2003 The article misspells PHOX2B as Thox2b. ^ Kincaid PK, Dietrich RB, Pais MJ 1994. Pediatric case of the day. Neurocristopathy Ondine-Hirschsprung syndrome. Radiographics : a review publication of the Radiological Society of North America, Inc 14 5: 1139-43. PMID 7991820. ^ Poceta JS, Strandjord TP, Badura RJ, Milstein JM 1987. Ondine curse and neurocristopathy. Pediatr. Neurol. 3 6: 370-2. doi:10.1016/0887-89948790011-7. PMID 3508086. ^ Trang H, Dehan M, Beaufils F, Zaccaria I, Amiel J, Gaultier C 2005. The French Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome Registry: general data, phenotype, and genotype. Chest 127 1: 72-9. doi:10.1378/chest.127.1.72. PMID 15653965. ^ Takeda S, Fujii Y, Kawahara H, Nakahara K, Matsuda H 1996. Central alveolar hypoventilation syndrome Ondine's curse with gastroesophageal reflux. Chest 110 3: 850-2. doi:10.1378/chest.110.3.850. PMID 8797441. ^ Windisch W, Hennings E, Storre J, Matthys H, Sorichter S 2004. Long-term survival of a patient with congenital central hypoventilation syndrome despite the lack of continuous ventilatory support. Respiration 71 2: 195-8. doi:10.1159/000076685. PMID 15031579. ^ Severinghaus JW, Mitchell RA. Ondine's curse - failure of respiratory center automaticity while awake. Clin Res 1962;10:122. ^ Nannapaneni R, Behari S, Todd NV, Mendelow AD 2005. Retracing Ondine's curse. Neurosurgery 57 2: 354-63; discussion 354-63. PMID 16094167. v d e Pathology of the nervous system, primarily CNS G00-G47, 320-349 Inflammatory Meningitis Arachnoiditis - Encephalitis - Myelitis - Encephalomyelitis Acute disseminated - Tropical spastic paraparesis - Cavernous sinus thrombosis Systemic atrophies Huntington's disease - Spinocerebellar ataxia Friedreich's ataxia, Ataxia telangiectasia, Herary spastic paraplegia - Spinal muscular atrophy: Werdnig-Hoffman - Kugelberg-Welander - Fazio-Londe - MND ALS, PMA, PBP, PP, PLS Extrapyramidal and movement disorders Parkinson's disease - Neuroleptic malignant syndrome - Postencephalitic parkinsonism - Pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration - Progressive supranuclear palsy - Striatonigral degeneration - Dystonia/Dyskinesia Spasmodic torticollis, Meige's, Blepharospasm - Essential tremor - Myoclonus - Lafora - Chorea Choreoathetosis - Restless legs - Stiff person Other degenerative/ demyelinating diseases dementia: Alzheimer's - Pick's - Dementia with Lewy bodies - Frontotemporal lobar degeneration mitochondrial disease: Leigh's demyelinating: Multiple sclerosis - Devic's - Central pontine myelinolysis - Transverse myelitis - Marchiafava-Bignami disease - CAMFAK syndrome - Alpers' Seizure/epilepsy Focal - Generalised - Status epilepticus - Myoclonic epilepsy Headache Migraine Familial hemiplegic - Cluster - Vascular - Tension Vascular Transient ischemic attack Amaurosis fugax, Transient global amnesia Cerebrovascular disease MCA, ACA, PCA, Foville's, Millard-Gubler, Lateral medullary, Weber's, Lacunar stroke Sleep disorders Insomnia - Hypersomnia - Sleep apnea Obstructive, Ondine's curse - Narcolepsy - Cataplexy - Kleine-Levin - Circadian rhythm sleep - Delayed sleep phase - Advanced sleep phase Intracranial hypertension Hydrocephalus Normal pressure - Idiopathic intracranial hypertension Other encephalopathy Brain herniation - Cerebral edema - Reye's Other spinal cord disease Syringomyelia - Syringobulbia - Morvan's syndrome - Spinal cord compression v d e Sleep Sleep stages Rapid eye movement sleep · Non-rapid eye movement sleep · Slow-wave sleep Brain waves Beta wave · Delta wave · Gamma wave · Theta wave Sleep disorders Advanced sleep phase syndrome · Automatic behavior · Bruxism · Circadian rhythm sleep disorder · Delayed sleep phase syndrome · Dyssomnia · Excessive daytime sleepiness · Hypersomnia · Insomnia · Narcolepsy · Night terror · Nocturia · Nocturnal myoclonus · Non-24-hour sleep-wake syndrome · Ondine's curse · Parasomnia · Sleep apnea · Sleep deprivation · Sleepeating · Sleeping sickness · Sleeptalking · Sleepwalking Benign phenomena Dream · Exploding head syndrome · False awakening · Hypnagogia · Hypnic jerk · Lucid dream · Nightmare · Nocturnal emission · Sleep paralysis · Somnolence Related topics Bed Bunk bed, Four poster bed, Futon, Hammock, Mattress · Bed bug · Bedding · Bedroom · Bedtime · Bedtime toy · Bedtime story · Chronotype · Dream journal · Jet lag · Lullaby · Nightwear · Polyphasic sleep · Power nap · Siesta · Sleep and learning · Sleep debt · Sleep diary · Sleep inertia · Sleep medicine · Sleepover · Snoring · Sleep and creativity Retrieved from http://en..org/wiki/Ondine%27s_curse Categories: Abnormal respiration | Pulmonology | Neurology | Sleep disorders Views Article Discussion this page History Personal tools Log in / create account Navigation Main page Contents Featured content Current events Random article Search Go Search Interaction Community portal Recent changes Contact Donate to Help Toolbox What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Printable version Permanent link Cite this page Languages Deutsch Français Italiano Nederlands 日本語 Polski This page was last modified on 2 July 2008, at 16:04
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