| 1 | Acute epiglottitis is usually caused by a bacterial infection. | |
| 2 | Demonstrate management of patients with upper airway infection suspected of having epiglottitis . | |
| 3 | Conclusion: Epiglottis is one of the ideal material in laryngoplasty after the partial laryngectomy. | |
| 4 | We suspect that the cause of the patient's acute epiglottitis was "red pepper", a food she had consumed during her lunch. | |
| 5 | Lateral x-ray view of the neck soft tissues. There is thickening of the epiglottis with narrowing of the airway (red arrow in Figure 1). |
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