{"title":"Mr findings of retropharyngeal lipoma causing obstructive sleep apnea syndrome","authors":"Z. Birkan","doi":"10.4328/JCAM.5793","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"DOI: 10.4328/JCAM.5793 Received: 27.02.2018 Accepted: 13.05.2018 Publihed Online: 14.05.2018 Printed: 01.01.2019 J Clin Anal Med 2019;10(1): 125-7 Corresponding Author: Zülfü Birkan, Radyoloji, Silivri Devlet Hastanesi, İstanbul, Türkiye. E-Mail: Dr.zulfubirkan@yahoo.com.tr ORCID ID: 0000-0001-6404-5265 Abstract Lipomas are the most common benign mesenchymal tumors of the body. Compared to other locations, lipomas localized in the head-neck region are much more rare, with those located within the retropharyngeal and parapharyngeal spaces are among the rarest forms. Surgical treatment of lipomas is mainly due to cosmetic reasons. Moreover, since a lipoma might cause serious health problems due to its pressure causing effect by mass as well as its localization, these would also require surgical intervention. With this case presentation, we have aimed to report a 22year old case with symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea, diagnosed as retropharyngeal lipoma following MRI of the cervical region, along with data from a relevant literature.","PeriodicalId":44485,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical and Analytical Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Clinical and Analytical Medicine","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4328/JCAM.5793","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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DOI: 10.4328/JCAM.5793 Received: 27.02.2018 Accepted: 13.05.2018 Publihed Online: 14.05.2018 Printed: 01.01.2019 J Clin Anal Med 2019;10(1): 125-7 Corresponding Author: Zülfü Birkan, Radyoloji, Silivri Devlet Hastanesi, İstanbul, Türkiye. E-Mail: Dr.zulfubirkan@yahoo.com.tr ORCID ID: 0000-0001-6404-5265 Abstract Lipomas are the most common benign mesenchymal tumors of the body. Compared to other locations, lipomas localized in the head-neck region are much more rare, with those located within the retropharyngeal and parapharyngeal spaces are among the rarest forms. Surgical treatment of lipomas is mainly due to cosmetic reasons. Moreover, since a lipoma might cause serious health problems due to its pressure causing effect by mass as well as its localization, these would also require surgical intervention. With this case presentation, we have aimed to report a 22year old case with symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea, diagnosed as retropharyngeal lipoma following MRI of the cervical region, along with data from a relevant literature.
DOI:10.4328/JCAM.5793接收日期：2018年2月27日接受日期：2018年年5月13日在线发布日期：2014年5月14日印刷日期：2019年1月1日《临床分析医学杂志》；10（1）：125-7通讯作者：ZülfüBirkan，Radyoloji，Silivri Devlet Hastanesi，土耳其伊斯坦布尔。电子邮件：Dr.zulfubirkan@yahoo.com.trORCID ID:0000-0001-6404-5265摘要脂肪瘤是身体最常见的良性间充质肿瘤。与其他部位相比，局限于头颈部的脂肪瘤要罕见得多，位于咽后和咽旁间隙的脂肪瘤是最罕见的形式。脂肪瘤的外科治疗主要是由于美容方面的原因。此外，由于脂肪瘤的压迫效应和局限性，它可能会导致严重的健康问题，因此也需要手术干预。通过本病例介绍，我们旨在报告一例22岁的阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停症状患者，在对颈部进行MRI检查后诊断为咽后脂肪瘤，以及相关文献中的数据。
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