Manual of Neurological Signs
This is a chapter on Swollen uvula from the Miscellaneous signs section of A Manual of Neurological Signs. Most of the chapters contain a description of the sign, associated signs, and cases, supported by clinical videos and figures.
A sign that should be looked for in a patient with snoring and suspected sleep apnea is a swollen uvula. The soft palate is also swollen and the uvula may fill the arch of the palate on inspection. (Video 14.1-1).
Swollen uvula. The uvula and soft palate are swollen, almost completely obscuring the posterior pharyngeal wall. The patient had severe obstructive sleep apnea.
Obesity, short neck, receding jaw.
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