title: [Hypersomnia with periodic apnea in a patient with acquired micrognathism].
abstract: A case presenting association of sleep apnea with daytime hypersomnolence and retrognathia is described. Sleep laboratory evaluation showed severe discontinuous hypoxemia and a mean of 250 upper airway obstructions. The patient was treated successfully by surgical correction of the retrognathia.
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology; D001049:Apnea / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006970:Disorders of Excessive Somnolence / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008844:Micrognathism / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000209:etiology*
vernacular_title: Hypersomnie avec apnées périodiques chez un patient avec micrognathie acquise.