Open AccessUncommon cause of persistent hypoxia in a patient with obstructive sleep apnea
Author(s) -
Subodh Kumar Mahto,
Pankaj Gupta,
Pritam Majumdar,
Gwenette Andrea War,
Vishakha Mittal,
Atul Goel
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_3_19
Subject(s) - medicine , hypoxemia , obstructive sleep apnea , hypoxia (environmental) , cardiology , apnea , sleep apnea , organic chemistry , oxygen , chemistry
We report a case of hypothyroidism, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) with persistent daytime hypoxemia. Cause of hypoxemia was two arteriovenous (AV) malformations in the lower lobe of the lung. We must be alert to other causes of hypoxemia in patients of OSA with persistent daytime hypoxemia.