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Sleep-related laryngeal obstruction presenting as snoring or sleep apnea
N B Kavey1, J Whyte, A Blitzer
1Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY.
The Laryngoscope
|August 1, 1989
Abstract:
The difference between snoring (with or without sleep apnea) and laryngeal stridor resulting from laryngeal dysfunction may not be readily apparent. Two cases of Shy-Drager syndrome and one undiagnosed case in which laryngeal dysfunction was exacerbated by sleep are reported. Such dysfunction might create life-threatening situations for which emergency tracheostomy should be considered. The importance of differentiating stridor from snoring is discussed.