Obstructive sleep apnea in amyloidosis treated with nasal continuous positive airway pressure.
Obstructive sleep apnea can occur in patients with a variety of upper airway anatomic abnormalities including macroglossia. We present a case of macroglossia secondary to amyloidosis causing obstructive sleep apnea that was successfully treated with low pressures of nasal continuous positive airway pressure (5 cm of water).
D000368:Aged; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008260:Macroglossia / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration / Q000379:methods*; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*