The Indian Journal of Sleep Medicine
  • Year: 2006
  • Volume: 1
  • Issue: 4

Sleep apnoea in postaxial acrofacial dysostosis (Miller) syndrome

  • Author:
  • Aniket Gangurde, D Gothi, JM Joshi
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 211 to 213

*Address for Correspondence: Dr. J. M. Joshi, Professor and Head, Department of Respiratory Medicine, B.Y.L. Nair hospital & T.N. Medical College Mumbai-400 008. Tel No: 022-23003095, Fax No: 022-23003095, Email - drjoshijm@email.com

Abstract

We report a 13-year-old girl with postaxial acrofacial dysostosis (POADS) also called Miller Syndrome with sleep disordered breathing due to bilateral temporomandibular joint (TMJ) ankylosis and micrognathia/retrognathia, which was effectively treated with surgical correction.

Keywords

Acrofacial dysostosis, Sleep disordered breathing, Temporomandibular joint ankylosis.ecessary intervention should be done at the earliest to remove the causative factor