Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea in a 7-Year-Boy with Achondroplasia :A Case Report
10.14401/KASMED.2020.27.2.77
- Author:
Jeongju HWANG
1
;
Ju-Hee SEO
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatrics, Dankook University Hospital, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea
- Publication Type:Case Report
- From:Sleep Medicine and Psychophysiology
2020;27(2):77-81
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
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Abstract:
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a sleep-related breathing disorder in which narrowing and obstruction of the upper airway lead to frequent arousal and decreased arterial oxygenation during sleep. OSA is more common in children with genetic disorders like achondroplasia compared to children without genetic disorders. Achondroplasia is genetic disorder characterized by hypoplasia of the facial bone and skull base with foramen magnum stenosis, resulting in exceedingly high frequency of OSA. The authors present a case of a patient with achondroplasia diagnosed with severe OSA through polysomnography after adenectomy showed little therapeutic effect and who was treated with continuous positive airway pressure.
