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Obstructive sleep hypopnea syndrome in a patient with Marfan syndrome treated with oxygen therapy
J A Verbraecken1, M Willemen, W De Cock
1Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital of Antwerp, Belgium.
Respiration; International Review of Thoracic Diseases
|January 1, 1995
Abstract:
A patient with Marfan's syndrome and obstructive sleep hypopnea syndrome is reported. She had complained about insomnia, tiredness and hypersomnolence lasting 2 years. A complete nightly polysomnography revealed 94 obstructive hypopneas (the hypopnea index was 12.85) and no obstructive apneas. Presumably an increased laxity of the pharyngeal wall was responsible for the phenomenon. A therapy with CPAP was started, but was not tolerated by the patient. Oxygen therapy on the other hand turned out to be effective and well tolerated.