Sleep apnea: Do not forget to inspect the throat!

Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is a widespread and underdiagnosed disease. Causes are mostly related to obesity and anatomy with oro‐pharyngeal narrowing. Parapharyngeal tumors are rare but can easily be treated. Careful oro‐pharyngeal examination in OSAS patient is cheap, easy to perform b...

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Autores principales: Pirovino, Christian Alain, Giger, Roland, Landis, Basile Nicolas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6333070/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30656028
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1927
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description Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is a widespread and underdiagnosed disease. Causes are mostly related to obesity and anatomy with oro‐pharyngeal narrowing. Parapharyngeal tumors are rare but can easily be treated. Careful oro‐pharyngeal examination in OSAS patient is cheap, easy to perform by non‐ENT specialists, quick, and avoids inadequate treatment.
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spelling pubmed-63330702019-01-17 Sleep apnea: Do not forget to inspect the throat! Pirovino, Christian Alain Giger, Roland Landis, Basile Nicolas Clin Case Rep Case Reports Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is a widespread and underdiagnosed disease. Causes are mostly related to obesity and anatomy with oro‐pharyngeal narrowing. Parapharyngeal tumors are rare but can easily be treated. Careful oro‐pharyngeal examination in OSAS patient is cheap, easy to perform by non‐ENT specialists, quick, and avoids inadequate treatment. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018-11-22 /pmc/articles/PMC6333070/ /pubmed/30656028 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1927 Text en © 2018 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6333070/
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