Declarations:
- Ethical approval and consent to participate: This study was approved
by the ethics committee of Alexandria university. The participation in
the study was approved by the patient.
- Consent for Publication: Taken from all authors and patient.
- This paper was presented as part of the International Surgical Sleep
Society (ISSS) educational program.
- Availability of data and material: The datasets used and/or analysed
during the current study available from the corresponding author on
reasonable request.
- Authors Contribution: AB performed sleep endoscopy, tongue base
biopsy, and FNAC from submental tissue edema. CV examined the patient
and recommended doing biopsy, he was a major contributor in writing
the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
- Acknowledgements: Many thanks to Prof. Claudio Vicini for his great
experience.
- CONFLICT OF INTEREST: All authors declared no conflicts of interest.
- FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE: This study received no funding