A case of osteochondroma of the atlas causing obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 445-448

  Yoshida, Takafumi ^a   Matsuda, Hideki ^a   Horiuchi, Chouichi ^a   Taguchi, Takahide ^a   Nagao, Junichi ^a   Aota, Youichi ^a   Honda, Atsushi ^a   Tsukuda, Mamoru ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS); Osteochondroma; Transoral approach

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; ATLAS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPHONIA; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOCHONDROMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHINOSCOPY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; SOMNOLENCE; SORE THROAT; SURGICAL APPROACH; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ATLAS; BODY MASS INDEX; CERVICAL ATLAS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOCHONDROMA; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646347697     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480500416793     Document Type: Review

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