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Review Case Reports
Obstructive lingual thyroid causing sleep apnea: a case report and review of the literature.
- Terrance W Barnes, Kerry D Olsen, and Timothy I Morgenthaler.
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Desk East 18, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st St SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. barnes.terrance@mayo.edu
- Sleep Med. 2004 Nov 1; 5 (6): 605-7.
AbstractLingual thyroid has been reported to cause obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) only once in the literature. We present a case of a 49-year-old nonobese female with a 2-year history of progressive snoring, apneas, snort arousals, and daytime somnolence associated with the sensation of an 'enlarging tongue'. She was found to have severe OSA caused by a large lingual thyroid. While positive airway pressure therapy was not successful, surgical resection of the thyroid was curative. OSA caused by lingual thyroid and other oropharyngeal/parapharyngeal tumors are discussed. A careful oropharyngeal examination is important in evaluating patients with complaints of OSA.
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