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. 2022 Dec;55(6 Pt 1):1126-1128.
doi: 10.1016/j.jmii.2022.04.010. Epub 2022 Apr 28.

Supraglottitis as the sole manifestation of COVID-19 in a patient who received two doses of mRNA vaccine

Kai-Ming Chang  1 , Marcia E Epstein  2 , William A Kennedy 3rd  3 , Negin Niknam  2
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Supraglottitis as the sole manifestation of COVID-19 in a patient who received two doses of mRNA vaccine

Kai-Ming Chang et al. J Microbiol Immunol Infect. 2022 Dec.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Case report; Epiglottitis; SARS-CoV-2; Supraglottitis; Vaccination.

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Figure 1
Supraglottitis due to COVID-19.A. Bedside flexible fiberoptic laryngoscope showed minimally swollen epiglottis (asterisk). B. Soft tissue swelling can be seen in the supraglottic areas after the laryngoscope advancing through epiglottis. C. Computed tomography (CT) neck axial view showed homogeneous low-density soft tissue thickening involving the aryepiglottic folds, false cords and glottis bilaterally and there was thickening of the anterior and posterior commissure with narrowing of the laryngeal airway. D. Sagittal view of the CT neck showed mild edema of the epiglottis (arrow).
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