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Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea in a Child With Osteopetrosis

Department of Hematology/Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee

Dennis Stokes, MD

Department of Cardiopulmonary Division and Intensive Care Unit, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee

Winfred Wang, MD

Department of Hematology/Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee, Memphis, College of Medicine, Memphis, Tennessee

The clinical features of a 5-year-old patient with osteopetrosis and severe obstructive sleep apnea are presented. The patient responded to tonsillectomy, adenoidectomy, uvulectomy, and tracheostomy. The tracheostomy was later removed. Osteopetrosis, while rare, may be added to the list of causes of obstructive sleep apnea.

Clinical Pediatrics, Vol. 27, No. 2, 108-110 (1988)
DOI: 10.1177/000992288802700209


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