Sonographic diagnosis of epiglottal enlargement

被引：5

作者：

Bektas, Firat ^{[1
]}

Soyuncu, Secgin ^{[1
]}

Yigit, Ozlem ^{[1
]}

Turhan, Murat ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Akdeniz Univ, Acil Serv, TR-07059 Antalya, Turkey

来源：

EMERGENCY MEDICINE JOURNAL | 2010年 / 27卷 / 03期

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D O I：

10.1136/emj.2009.076091

中图分类号：

R4 [临床医学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100602 ;

摘要：

The case is presented of epiglottal and pre-epiglottal oedema secondary to infection of the pharyngolaryngeal area. The purpose of this report was to assess the utility of ultrasonography to image epiglottal and pre-epiglottal oedema. Bedside emergency department ultrasonography could be a valuable tool to detect pathological enlargement of the epiglottis. Ultrasonography may be used in unstable patients for diagnosing epiglottitis because it is cheap, rapid, non-invasive and does not aggravate the patient's symptoms.

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