Retropharyngeal lipoma causing obstructive sleep apnoea

Reviewing the Entity: Retropharyngeal Fibrolipoma and a Rare Case Report

Introduction: Fibrolipoma, a subtype of lipoma is painless, well-circumscribed, slow-growing, submucosal benign adipocyte tumour. It is uncommon in the oral cavity and oropharyngeal region, with rare incidence in the retropharynx even rarest in pediatric age group.   Case Report: A very unusual case of fibrolipoma is presented in a pediatric patient, who had a huge retropharyngeal fibrolipoma a...

[Retropharyngeal lipoma causing obstructive sleep apnea in a child].

BACKGROUND Lipomas are common benign tumors, but they rarely occur in the retropharyngeal space and even more rarely occur in children. CASE REPORT We report the case of an 11-year-old girl with a 5-year history of progressively worsening nasal obstruction, snoring, and excessive daytime sleepiness. Physical examination revealed a child with a body mass index of 16.9 kg/m2; otolaryngologic ex...

A Rare Cause of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome: Retropharyngeal Lipoma

Lipoma is the most common benign mesenchymal neoplasm. About 16% of lipomas arise in the head and neck region, especially in the posterior neck. Large lipomas that originate from the retropharyngeal space may cause dyspnea, dysphagia, and snoring and occasionally may lead to obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS). Herein, we report a 45-year-old male patient with OSAS caused by a giant retroph...

Retropharyngeal Lipoma: a case report

Introduction: Retropharyngeal lipoma is a rare benign tumor (less than 27 reports in literature) of nonspecific clinical symptoms. It can grow to an enormous extent causing total obstruction of the upper respiratory tract. Until now its etiology is unknown. Case Report: A 60-year old female complained from severe snoring mild dysphagia and moderate respiratory difficulty with gradual onset si...

Spontaneous Autoamputation and Expulsion of Intestinal Lipoma Hodgkin's Disease and Pilocytic Astrocytoma-A Synchronous Presentation Torsade De Pointes Probably Induced by Sparfloxain Reply from the Authors Air Pollution Paroxysmal Nocturnal Movements Secondary to Obstructive Sleep Apnoea Syndrome