PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Petkar, Nadeem
AU  - Georgalas, Christos
AU  - Bhattacharyya, Abir
TI  - High-Rising Epiglottis in Children: Should It Cause Concern?
AID  - 10.3122/jabfm.2007.05.060212
DP  - 2007 Sep 01
TA  - The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
PG  - 495--496
VI  - 20
IP  - 5
4099  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/20/5/495.short
4100  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/20/5/495.full
SO  - J Am Board Fam Med2007 Sep 01; 20
AB  - An omega-shaped epiglottis is frequently associated with laryngomalacia. However, an elongated high-rising epiglottis can represent a normal variation of the larynx in a majority of pediatric patients. It is important to consider this in a healthy child with no complaints apart from the sensation of a foreign body in throat. This will avoid triggering any unnecessary investigation or treatment. An elongated epiglottis projecting in the oropharynx can appear as a foreign body and be a source of anxiety for the parents as well as the unaware family practitioner. We present such a case, with a brief discussion of the pediatric larynx and the omega-shaped epiglottis.