• Xin Ru Qu, Teng Han, Yi Ming Li, and Xiao Lei Zhang.
• Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Center of Respiratory Medicine, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China; National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, Beijing, China; Graduate School of Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
• Chest. 2024 Apr 1; 165 (4): e101e106e101-e106.

AbstractA 38-year-old previously healthy woman was referred to our sleep center for recurrent witnessed breathing arrest during sleep. She had been brought to the ED 3 months earlier because of sudden onset of dizziness with nausea and vomiting, numbness and weakness of the left limb, less clear speech, double vision, dysphagia, and choking cough while drinking water. Brain MRI showed an acute cerebral infarction in the left medulla oblongata (Fig 1). High-resolution MRI showed vertebral artery dissection (Fig 2). Antiplatelet aggregation, lipid reduction, plaque stabilization, and trophic nerve treatments were administered, and the left limb strength, speech, and swallowing function improved. She complained of poor sleep and difficulties with memory.Copyright © 2023 American College of Chest Physicians. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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