J. LARYNGOL. OTOL. 102/11 (1988) 1054-1055

Down's syndrome with lingual tonsil hypertrophy producing sleep apnoea

Phillips D.E., Rogers J.H.

Department of Otorinolaryngology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3BX, UK

Abstract
A 12-year-old girl is presented with Down's syndrome and lingual tonsillitis causing sleep apnoea. In order to overcome her sleep apnoea she adopted a functional sleeping posture. The sleep apnoea was successfully treated by a single staged lingual tonsillectomy without preliminary tracheostomy. A return to a normal sleeping posture occurred spontaneously in the early post-operative period.

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