Annals of Oncology 13:1833, 2002
© 2002 European Society for Medical Oncology
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Obstructive sleep apnea secondary to chronic lymphocytic leukemia
Departments of 1 Internal Medicine, 2 Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, American University of Beirut-Medical Center, PO Box; 1136044 Beirut, Lebanon (E-mail: bazarbac@aub.edu.lb)
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We report a 66-year-old male patient, heavy smoker, diagnosed 5 years earlier with asymptomatic chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) CD5+/CD23+, Binet stage A, with lymphocytosis and cervical lymph node enlargement. Recently, he presented with a few days history of dizziness, loud snoring, excessive diurnal somnolence,