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Anterior cranial fossa glioblastoma with sleep apnea as the initial manifestation.

Discolo CM, Akst LM, Schlossberg L, Greene D

The Head and Neck Institute of The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA.

Sleep apnea is well known as a primary medical condition at this time. However, life-threatening diseases in which sleep apnea is the presenting symptom are less well described. The case of a 71-year-old man with a frontal lobe glioblastoma whose primary presenting symptom was sleep apnea is discussed. The relationship of intracranial tumors to sleep apnea symptoms is reviewed.

Published 2 September 2005 in Am J Otolaryngol, 26(5): 327-9.
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