%0 Journal Article %A Firat Bektas %A Secgin Soyuncu %A Ozlem Yigit %A Murat Turhan %T Sonographic diagnosis of epiglottal enlargement %D 2010 %R 10.1136/emj.2009.076091 %J Emergency Medicine Journal %P 224-225 %V 27 %N 3 %X 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. %U https://emj.bmj.com/content/emermed/27/3/224.full.pdf