Successful reversal of sleep apnoea syndrome following treatment for acromegaly, confirmed by polygraphic studies

Open Access

1 December 1988

journal article
case report
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Postgraduate Medical Journal

Vol. 64 (758) , 945-946
https://doi.org/10.1136/pgmj.64.758.945

Abstract

Summary: A patient with acromegaly was shown to have obstructive sleep apnoea by polygraphic recordings. Following successful hypophysectomy, further recordings demonstrated resolution of obstructive sleep apnoea.

Keywords

REVERSAL
RESOLUTION
SUMMARY
HYPOPHYSECTOMY
SLEEP APNOEA SYNDROME
SYNDROME FOLLOWING TREATMENT

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