Seizures-like were the alarming symptoms in an African child with life-threatening condition from severe upper respiratory tract obstruction

We report herein the case of a child hospitalized for suspected seizures, with severe life-threatening upper respiratory obstruction from tonsillar and adenoid hypertrophy who needed persistent intubation before surgical removal. The day after intubation, an elective extubation, was followed by the position of a sleep study device (SOMNOscreenTM PSG, SOMNOmedics GmbH, Randersacker, Germany). Measurements were interrupted after 1/2 hour because appearance of prolonged apnea and severe desaturations.