Literature DB >> 9659363

Upper airways sarcoidosis presenting as obstructive sleep apnoea.

R N Shah1, P R Mills, P J George, J A Wedzicha.   

Abstract

Sarcoidosis may present in a number of different ways, affecting many organ systems. The case history is presented of a 32 year old woman who presented with symptoms of severe obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) due to infiltration of the upper airway by sarcoidosis. To our knowledge this presentation of sarcoidosis has not previously been described.

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Year:  1998        PMID: 9659363      PMCID: PMC1745168          DOI: 10.1136/thx.53.3.232

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Thorax        ISSN: 0040-6376            Impact factor:   9.139


  2 in total

1.  [Guideline: Treatment of obstructive sleep apnea in adults].

Authors:  T Verse; R Bodlaj; R de la Chaux; A Dreher; C Heiser; M Herzog; W Hohenhorst; K Hörmann; O Kaschke; T Kühnel; N Mahl; J T Maurer; W Pirsig; K Rohde; A Sauter; M Schedler; R Siegert; A Steffen; B A Stuck
Journal:  HNO       Date:  2009-11       Impact factor: 1.284

2.  Extensive upper respiratory tract sarcoidosis.

Authors:  Mafalda Trindade Soares; Carolina Sousa; Luísa Garanito; Filipe Freire
Journal:  BMJ Case Rep       Date:  2016-04-18
  2 in total

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