Open AccessRetropharyngeal lipoma causing obstructive sleep apnoea
Author(s) -
Leong Paul,
Kleid Stephen,
Mansfield Darren
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
respirology case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2051-3380
DOI - 10.1002/rcr2.251
Subject(s) - medicine , lipoma , obstructive sleep apnea , surgery , general surgery , anesthesia
We present the case of a middle‐aged man whose obstructive sleep apnoea ( OSA ) was caused by a retropharyngeal lipoma, with complete resolution after transoral excision. Lipomas causing OSA are rare, and this represents the seventh reported case in the literature.
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