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Case Reports
. 1980 May;77(5):689-90.
doi: 10.1378/chest.77.5.689.

Exacerbation of upper-airway sleep apnea by lymphocytic lymphoma

F Zorick, T Roth, M Kramer, H Flessa
Case Reports

Exacerbation of upper-airway sleep apnea by lymphocytic lymphoma

F Zorick et al. Chest. 1980 May.

Abstract

A 55-year-old obese man was evaluated for excessive daytime sleepiness and found to have upper-airway sleep apnea. Evaluation discovered a lymphocytic lymphoma with head and neck involvement. Treatment of the lymphoma resulted in improvement in the sleep apnea and the sleepiness.

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