Foreign body (toothpick) causing epiglottitis

Gunjan Garg, Harpreet Sawhney, Darshan Gandhi, Neeraj Bhatt, Mark Rosovsky

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Abstract

A 25-year-old otherwise healthy woman presented to the hospital with sore throat and dysphagia for 5 days. On her computed tomography images, thickening and edema of the right aryepiglottic fold was noted, associated with an impacted foreign body.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)231-232
Number of pages2
JournalBaylor University Medical Center Proceedings
Volume33
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2 2020
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Epiglottitis
  • foreign body
  • sore throat

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Medicine

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