title: Severe obstructive sleep apnea in a child with osteopetrosis.
abstract: The clinical features of a 5-year-old patient with osteopetrosis and severe obstructive sleep apnea are presented. The patient responded to tonsillectomy, adenoidectomy, uvulectomy, and tracheostomy. The tracheostomy was later removed. Osteopetrosis, while rare, may be added to the list of causes of obstructive sleep apnea.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology/Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee 38105.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Carter
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Stokes
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D001784:Blood Gas Analysis; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010022:Osteopetrosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D014139:Tracheostomy