Oropharynx cancer after sleep apnea surgery

• Type of Material: Article
• Authors: Courtney Brooke Shires, West Cancer Center; Merry Sebelik, Emory University
• Language: English
• Date: 2022-04-08
• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication Version: Final Published Version
• Copyright Statement: © 2022 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
• License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Final Published Version (URL): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5686
• Title of Journal or Parent Work: Clinical Case Reports
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 4
• Grant/Funding Information: This particular research received no internal or external grant
• Keywords: HPV; UPPP; tonsil; sleep apnea surgery; oropharynx cancer; base of tongue
• Research Categories: Health Sciences, Oncology

Abstract

Surgery can treat sleep apnea. An elderly male underwent lingual/palatine tonsillectomy for OSA. He was then found to have T3N2 p16+ squamous cell carcinoma. He is receiving chemoradiation. Recognition of occult malignancy in tonsillectomy specimens may facilitate early diagnosis and treatment for patients following sleep apnea surgery.