Plasmacytoma as a Cause of Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Byrd, Ryland P.; Roy, Thomas M.; Bentz, William; Mehta, Jay B.

doi:10.1378/chest.109.6.1657

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“…Plasmacytoma of the aerodigestive tract reportedly causes sleep-disordered breathing (23). The patient's rhinopharyngeal tumor was a possible cause of his obstructive sleep-disordered breathing.…”

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Pulmonary Hypertension and Refractory Heart Failure in a Patient with Crow-Fukase (POEMS) Syndrome

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We experienced the case of a 67-year-old man with refractory heart failure. He presented with dyspnea and progressive pitting edema of the lower limbs. Diuretics were insufficient to improve his symptoms. Cardiac catheterization demonstrated pulmonary hypertension. Additional examinations confirmed polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy and monoclonal gammopathy. The plasma vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) level was 1,340 pg/mL. The patient was diagnosed with Crow-Fukase (POEMS) syndrome. Echocardiography detected left ventricular hypertrophy and diastolic dysfunction. Polysomnography demonstrated severe sleep-disordered breathing. We herein describe a case of pulmonary hypertension with Crow-Fukase syndrome accompanied by left ventricular diastolic dysfunction and sleep-disordered breathing.

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Pulmonary Hypertension and Refractory Heart Failure in a Patient with Crow-Fukase (POEMS) Syndrome

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“…Extramedullary plasmacytoma belongs to plasma cell tumors and represents around 3% of them [4]. It usually occurs in 50-to-60-year-old patients and affects predominantly men (sex ratio male/female of 3 : 1 to 5 : 1) [6, 7]. Common symptoms of tracheal tumors are related to airway obstruction.…”

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“…Clinically, the dyspnea is becoming evident when the narrowing of the airway is over 75% in diameter [4]. Other signs include coughing, voice changing, haemoptysis, stridor, acute respiratory failure, and expiratory wheezing [5, 7]. A case of tracheal plasmacytoma has been mistaken for asthma [3] and a case of pharyngeal plasmacytoma for sleep apnea syndrome [7].…”

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Imaging of a Case of Extramedullary Solitary Plasmacytoma of the Trachea

Garelli

Righini

Faure

et al. 2011

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We describe a case of extramedullary tracheal plasmacytoma that was incidentally discovered in a 73-year-old man on a PET scan performed for assessing the extent of colon cancer. CT scan showed the tumor; multiplanar reformation coupled with virtual bronchoscopy allowed proper treatment planning. The tracheal tumor was resected during rigid bronchoscopy. Relevant investigations excluded multiple myeloma. Follow-up CT showed persistent thickening of the tracheal wall, but there has been no recurrence after one-year followup.

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“…CPAP therapy has been recommended for patients with lymphoma and symptomatic OSAS, while waiting for the benefits of chemotherapy and radiotherapy [10, 11]. Espinosa et al [10]reported their patient’s clinical improvement by using CPAP; they demonstrated that 13 cm H 2 O- CPAP not only increased the UA area measured by CT, but also decreased AHI from 53 to 3/h.…”

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Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome as First Manifestation of Pharyngeal Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

Gómez-Merino

Arriero²,

Chiner³

et al. 2003

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Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is characterized by repetitive episodes of upper airway obstruction during sleep that provoke an abnormal number of apneas and hypopneas, leading to arousals and, as a result, to an altered sleep architecture. Here we present a patient with clinical symptoms characteristic of OSAS. During follow-up, pharyngeal non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma was diagnosed and treated, with a nearly complete normalization of polysomnography.

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Plasmacytoma as a Cause of Obstructive Sleep Apnea

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Pulmonary Hypertension and Refractory Heart Failure in a Patient with Crow-Fukase (POEMS) Syndrome

Pulmonary Hypertension and Refractory Heart Failure in a Patient with Crow-Fukase (POEMS) Syndrome

Imaging of a Case of Extramedullary Solitary Plasmacytoma of the Trachea

Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome as First Manifestation of Pharyngeal Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

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