A Rare Cause of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome: Retropharyngeal Lipoma

Lipoma is the most common benign mesenchymal neoplasm. About 16% of lipomas arise in the head and neck region, especially in the posterior neck. Large lipomas that originate from the retropharyngeal space may cause dyspnea, dysphagia, and snoring and occasionally may lead to obstructive sleep apnea...

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Autores principales: Dilek, Okan, Kaya, Omer, Yilmaz, Cengiz, Soker, Gokhan, Gulek, Bozkurt, Akin, Mehmet Ali
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5585579/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28912996
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/2134362

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5585579/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28912996
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/2134362

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