Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome as first manifestation of pharyngeal non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is characterized by repetitive episodes of upper airway obstruction during sleep that provoke an abnormal number of apneas and hypopneas, leading to arousals and, as a result, to an altered sleep architecture. Here we present a patient with clinical symptoms characteristic of OSAS. During follow-up, pharyngeal non-Hodgkin's lymphoma was diagnosed and treated, with a nearly complete normalization of polysomnography. Copyright 2003 S. Karger AG, Basel