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A 23-year-old woman without history of antecedent vocal, respiratory, or sleep disorders received vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) therapy for refractory partial epilepsy and developed sleep-related stridor during the course of parameter titration. Reduction of VNS current during polysomnography completely eliminated stridor. We conclude that VNS may cause sleep-related stridor in rare cases, expanding the spectrum of known sleep-disordered breathing disorders associated with VNS therapy. Parameter adjustment during polysomnography may resolve nocturnal stridor caused by VNS.
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St. Louis, E.K., Faber, K. Reversible sleep-related stridor during vagus nerve stimulation. Epileptic Disord 12, 76–80 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1684/epd.2010.0294
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