Retropharyngeal lipoma causing obstructive sleep apnoea

Paul Leong; Stephen Kleid; Darren Mansfield

doi:10.1002/rcr2.251

Retropharyngeal lipoma causing obstructive sleep apnoea

Paul Leong, Stephen Kleid, Darren Mansfield

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Article number	e00251
Journal	Respirology Case Reports
Volume	5
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/rcr2.251
Publication status	Published - 1 Sept 2017

Keywords

Lipoma
Obstructive sleep apnoea
Retropharyngeal
Surgery

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Retropharyngeal lipoma causing obstructive sleep apnoea

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