Olsen K D, Suh K W, Staats B A
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1981 Sep-Oct;89(5):726-31. doi: 10.1177/019459988108900506.
This report presents six cases of obstructive sleep apnea associated with discrete anatomic abnormalities of the upper airway tract. All patients were relieved of their sleep apnea by surgical correction of the airway obstruction, and therefore permanent tracheotomy was avoided. The obstructive causative factors were nasal septal deformity, adenoidal hypertrophy, nasopharyngeal stenosis, lingual cyst, lingual tonsillar hypertrophy, and laryngeal cyst. The last-named four conditions have not previously been reported as correctable causes of sleep apnea.
本报告介绍了6例与上呼吸道离散性解剖异常相关的阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停病例。所有患者通过手术矫正气道阻塞后，睡眠呼吸暂停症状均得到缓解，从而避免了永久性气管切开术。阻塞性病因包括鼻中隔畸形、腺样体肥大、鼻咽狭窄、舌囊肿、舌扁桃体肥大和喉囊肿。后四种情况以前尚未被报道为可矫正的睡眠呼吸暂停病因。
