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  • Title: [Cor pulmonale due to upper airway obstruction by hypertrophied tonsils and adenoids (author's transl)].
    Author: Skevas A, Karamberis S, Barlamis G, Sklavounou-Tsoyrouktsoglou S.
    Journal: Laryngol Rhinol Otol (Stuttg); 1978 Sep; 57(9):804-7. PubMed ID: 745483.
    Abstract:
    A case of cor pulmonale is reported, due to chronic nasopharyngeal obstruction by hypertrophied tonsils and adenoids. This syndrome is characterized by stridor, somnolence, arterial hypoxia and hypercarbia, pulmonary and right heart failure. The pathogenesis of this syndrome is due to pulmonary hypoventilation. After tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy the symptoms disappeared.
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