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Type of Article : Case Report

Year: 2015 | Volume 3 | Issue 1 | Page No. 945-946

Date of Publication: 31-03-2015

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.16965/ijar.2015.123

ASYMPTOMATIC ABSENT EPIGLOTTIS: A CASE REPORT

Vaibhav Shahi *¹, Dhananjay Kumar Singh ².

^*1 Assistant Professor, Department Of Anaesthesiology, Sri Guru Ram Rai Institute Of Medical Sciences & Health Sciences, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.
² Professor and Head, Department Of Anaesthesiology, Sri Guru Ram Rai Institute Of Medical Sciences & Health Sciences, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.

Address: Dr. Vaibhav Shahi, Department Of Anaesthesiology, Sri Guru Ram Rai Institute Of Medical Sciences & Health Sciences, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.
E-Mail: vaibhavshahi@hotmail.com

Abstract

Absence or hypoplasia of the epiglottis is a rare anomaly. Most patients, with absent or hypoplastic epiglottis, have presented, life-threatening symptoms of respiratory distress and severe aspiration in infancy or early childhood. We report a case of completely asymptomatic 30 year old female with absent epiglottis posted for modified radical mastoidectomy for chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM).
KEY WORDS:  Hypoplasia, Absent Epiglottis, Aspiration, Respiratory distress.

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Vaibhav Shahi, Dhananjay Kumar Singh. ASYMPTOMATIC ABSENT EPIGLOTTIS: A CASE REPORT. Int J Anat Res 2015;3(1):945-946. DOI: 10.16965/ijar.2015.123