title: Drop episodes improved after tracheotomy: a case of Coffin-Lowry syndrome associated with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.
abstract: Some cases of Coffin-Lowry syndrome recognized episodic drops and it tended to be intractable for medical treatment. We reported here a patient with the Coffin-Lowry syndrome associated with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS). The patient had epileptic seizures and drop attacks only during night-time and it was not recognized during the daytime. His sleep-induced electroencephalogram was normal. At 12-years old of his age, his OSAS was worse, so we performed a tracheotomy. Notably after the operation, his epileptic episodes were disappeared.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan. geo@dokkyomed.ac.jp.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Imataka
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Konno
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hirabayashi
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Arisaka
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D038921:Coffin-Lowry Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D004569:Electroencephalography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020181:Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D013575:Syncope / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D014140:Tracheotomy