145 results match your criteria: "Acute Epiglottitis Imaging"

Epiglottitis is an inflammatory condition involving the epiglottis and surrounding tissues. While it can develop at any age, it was traditionally more common in children, largely due to infections with type B (Hib). Since the introduction of the Hib vaccine, the incidence in children has significantly decreased, while cases in adults have become more prevalent.

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Ewing sarcomas (EWS) are highly malignant neoplasms of mesenchymal origin that are rare in the head and neck. Only a few laryngeal EWS have been reported in the literature. We report a 47 years-old man who visited our hospital for medical help after 5 months of hoarseness and sore throat.

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Acute epiglottitis (AE) is a life-threatening condition and needs to be recognized timely. Diagnosis of AE with a lateral neck radiograph yields poor reliability and sensitivity. Convolutional neural networks (CNN) are powerful tools to assist the analysis of medical images.

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Article Synopsis
  • The study focuses on the oropharynx, a part of the throat, and aims to assess changes in its shape among individuals with whiplash-associated disorders (WAD) compared to healthy controls.
  • It seeks to utilize statistical shape modeling (SSM) as a more effective way to compare the oropharynx characteristics than traditional methods, and also to explore how shape relates to various demographic factors like sex, height, weight, and neck length.
  • Participants included healthy controls and different stages of WAD, with detailed imaging and analysis processes to quantify and visualize the morphometric differences in the oropharynx.
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Spontaneous epiglottic hematoma secondary to direct oral anticoagulant.

Am J Emerg Med

September 2022

Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States of America.

Spontaneous hemorrhage is a known risk for patients on anticoagulation therapy. Most previous spontaneous airway hemorrhage cases reported involve warfarin, and of the few that involved a direct oral anticoagulant, none involved the epiglottis. The following case describes a spontaneous epiglottic hematoma in a patient one week after starting a direct oral anticoagulant.

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Important considerations in adult epiglottitis.

Am J Emerg Med

August 2022

Department of Emergency Medicine, Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, TX, United States of America. Electronic address:

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High risk and low prevalence diseases adult epiglottitis.

Am J Emerg Med

August 2022

Department of Emergency Medicine, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan. Electronic address:

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Comment on: COVID-19 presenting as acute epiglottitis: A case report and literature review.

Auris Nasus Larynx

February 2023

Department of Emergency Medicine, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, 21, Section 2, Nan Ya South Road, New Taipei City, Taiwan. Electronic address:

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Severe spontaneous pneumomediastinum, pneumothorax and subcutaneous emphysema precipitated by pepper spray-induced acute laryngitis: a case report.

Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg

July 2022

Intensive Care Unit, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Southern University of Science and Technology, The Third People's Hospital of Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.

We report a patient with severe spontaneous pneumomediastinum (SPM), pneumothorax and widespread subcutaneous emphysema with acute epiglottitis after inhaling pepper spray. The effects of pepper spray, which is a lachrymatory agent, on the respiratory system have not been reported. Upper airway obstruction is not a well-described cause of SPM, with which subcutaneous emphysema and pneumothorax might coexist; thus, mechanical ventilation might be detrimental.

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Introduction: Epiglottic cysts are cysts that occur under the mucosa of the epiglottis. Patients with severe cysts may have difficulty in breathing. Slurred speech usually occurs in cerebrovascular diseases, especially with slurred speech as the starting symptom.

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Airway obstruction requiring tracheal intubation after fine-needle aspiration of the thyroid gland: a case report.

BMC Surg

January 2022

Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Department of Surgery, Aichi Medical University, 1-1 Yazakokarimata, Nagakute, Aichi, 480-1195, Japan.

Background: There have been no reports of tracheal intubation for airway obstruction after acute thyroid swelling following fine-needle aspiration (FNA) of the thyroid gland.

Case Presentation: A 58-year-old woman with a 22 mm × 13 mm right hypervascular thyroid nodule underwent FNA once with a 22G needle under ultrasonographic guidance. Shortly after the aspiration, ultrasound revealed hypoechoic swelling with a crack-like pattern.

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Fluoroscopic Swallowing Examination: Radiologic Findings and Analysis of Their Causes and Pathophysiologic Mechanisms.

Radiographics

October 2021

From the Departments of Radiology (A.I.C., N.N.) and Rehabilitation Services (M.B.), Ochsner LSU Health, 1501 Kings Hwy, Shreveport, LA 71103.

Dysphagia is a common symptom in the general population, and its prevalence increases with patient age. The deterioration of swallowing function has many acute and chronic causes, including cerebrovascular and neuromuscular diseases, radiation, and surgery. In an elderly population, diagnosis and treatment of swallowing abnormalities is a high priority because it improves the patient's quality of life and helps them to avoid medical complications.

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Cannabis induced thermal epiglottitis in a pediatric patient.

Am J Emerg Med

November 2021

Department of Pediatrics, Section on Infectious Disease, United States of America. Electronic address:

Acute epiglottitis is an airway emergency presenting with edema and inflammation of the epiglottis and aryepiglottic folds [1]. Infectious and other non-infectious etiologies may cause significant airway injury presenting with similar clinical symptoms and radiographic findings [1]. While many causes of thermal epiglottitis have been described in the pediatric and young adult population, we describe an unusual case of an adolescent patient with cannabis induced thermal epiglottitis.

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Percutaneous tracheostomy is commonly performed in the emergency department or intensive care unit to secure the airways of patients. This procedure is associated with a low incidence of complications; however, some of them, such as iatrogenic pneumothorax, can be fatal. Pneumothorax after percutaneous tracheostomy is most often caused by perforation of the tracheal wall or malposition of the cannula.

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Background: Acute epiglottitis in adults is a rare, potentially life-threatening condition caused by a bacterial infection in the epiglottis. Typical symptoms are fever, sore throat, and respiratory distress caused by upper airway obstruction. Proper treatment is needed for a good outcome.

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Article Synopsis
  • Acute adult supraglottitis (AAS) is a serious upper airway infection that can obstruct airflow and requires immediate treatment; its incidence is increasing despite a decrease in related infections in children due to vaccines.
  • The study analyzed 118 AAS patients in a surgical intensive care unit, focusing on demographic data, symptoms, and management strategies, with confirmation through nasopharyngeal endoscopy.
  • Key findings included a high occurrence of sore throat, risk factors like smoking and cold liquid consumption, and significant complications like Ludwig's angina, particularly in patients with dysphagia and fever.
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