Parapharyngeal mass presenting with sleep apnoea.
A 60-year-old man presented with a history of progressive sleep disturbance due to an intraoral parapharyngeal salivary gland tumour. The sleep study performed post-operatively showed rapid resolution of nocturnal hypoxic episodes. This appears to be the first recorded case of a parapharyngeal mass causing sleep apnoea and we review the current literature on obstructive sleep apnoea.
Veitch
D
D
Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, London.
Rogers
M
M
Blanshard
J
J
D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009959:Oropharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010157:Palatal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010160:Palate, Soft; D010610:Pharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D012468:Salivary Gland Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000209:etiology*