Obstructive Sleep Apnea in a Patient with CHARGE Syndrome

CHARGE syndrome is a genetic disorder characterized by choanal atresia, coloboma of the eye, and ear and cranial nerve abnormalities. We report a child with CHARGE syndrome and obstructive sleep apnea. We highlight difficulties in discerning obstructive sleep apnea-related symptoms from typical feat...

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Autores principales: Trider, Carrie-Lee, Blake, Kim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3434378/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22970397
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/907032
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description CHARGE syndrome is a genetic disorder characterized by choanal atresia, coloboma of the eye, and ear and cranial nerve abnormalities. We report a child with CHARGE syndrome and obstructive sleep apnea. We highlight difficulties in discerning obstructive sleep apnea-related symptoms from typical features of CHARGE syndrome. Treatment options are discussed with regard to our patient. Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy improved physical symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea in the patient.
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spelling pubmed-34343782012-09-11 Obstructive Sleep Apnea in a Patient with CHARGE Syndrome Trider, Carrie-Lee Blake, Kim Case Rep Otolaryngol Case Report CHARGE syndrome is a genetic disorder characterized by choanal atresia, coloboma of the eye, and ear and cranial nerve abnormalities. We report a child with CHARGE syndrome and obstructive sleep apnea. We highlight difficulties in discerning obstructive sleep apnea-related symptoms from typical features of CHARGE syndrome. Treatment options are discussed with regard to our patient. Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy improved physical symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea in the patient. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2012-08-28 /pmc/articles/PMC3434378/ /pubmed/22970397 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/907032 Text en Copyright © 2012 C.-L. Trider and K. Blake. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_full Obstructive Sleep Apnea in a Patient with CHARGE Syndrome
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3434378/
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