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Other causes

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There are a collection of miscellaneous causes of upper airway obstruction:

  • foreign body
  • papillomata
  • bilateral laryngeal palsies:
    • after surgery
    • bulbar palsy
  • causes of sleep apnoea:
    • causing an encroachment of the pharynx
    • causing nasal obstruction

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