Huge retropharyngeal lipoma causing obstructive sleep apnea: A case report

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 263, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 738-740

  Namyslowski, Grzegorz ^a   Scierski, Wojciech ^a   Misiolek, Maciej ^a   Urbaniec, Natalia ^a   Lange, Dariusz ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Lipoma; Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome; Retropharyngeal space

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIPOMA; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; NASOPHARYNX; PHARYNX TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROPHARYNX LIPOMA; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SPACE;

ADULT; HUMANS; LIPOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745935590     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-006-0050-x     Document Type: Article

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