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High-Rising Epiglottis in Children: Should It Cause Concern? J Am Board Fam Med: first published as 10.3122/jabfm.2007.05.060212 on 6 September 2007. Downloaded from BRIEF REPORT High-Rising Epiglottis in Children: Should It Cause Concern? Nadeem Petkar, MBBS, MS, Christos Georgalas, MBBS, and Abir Bhattacharyya, MBBS, MS 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 epi- glottis projecting in the oropharynx can appear as a foreign body and be a source of anxiety for the par- ents 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. (J Am Board Fam Med 2007;20:495–496.) A 3-year-old girl was brought by her mother to the Discussion otolaryngology rapid access clinic. The girl had There are structural and functional differences be- been complaining of an intermittent foreign body tween the pediatric and the adult larynx. The size sensation in her throat. Her mother and the patient of the larynx at birth is approximately one third the herself described a “googly” in the back of her size of an adult larynx. It grows until the age of 1 throat when she popped her tongue out. There was puberty, when it attains its final size. The supra- copyright. no associated history of stridor, shortness of breath, glottic larynx makes an angle with the subglottis; or symptoms suggestive of a sleep apnea. There was the saccule varies and may be significantly larger no history of reflux disease or odynophagia. (proportionately) than in an adult. In terms of po- During examination of the oral cavity, an ante- sition, the child’s larynx is positioned higher in the rior larynx was noted and an elongated high-rising neck, closer to the hyoid than in an adult. As part of epiglottis was clearly visible in the oropharynx (Fig- a gradual process of descent, the larynx moves from ure 1). The tonsils were not inflamed and nasal the level of the second and third vertebrae (fetus) to examination was unremarkable. The extremely the level of the fourth vertebrae (birth) to the fifth http://www.jabfm.org/ high-rising epiglottis was diagnosed as the cause of vertebrae at 6 years of age and to the level of the the foreign body sensation felt by the child. The seventh vertebrae by puberty. As a result, the epi- child was not in respiratory distress and was main- glottis projects into the oropharynx and is fre- taining good oxygen saturation on air. Both mother quently visible. Because the epiglottis is softer in a child than in and child were reassured as to the benign nature of an adult, its shape can vary considerably and can this condition and discharged. frequently assume an elongated, tubular shape and on 28 September 2021 by guest. Protected at times an omega shape. This shape of the epiglot- tis (with additional features of flaccidity and a ten- dency to collapse together with the aryepiglottic This article was externally peer reviewed. 2 Submitted 13 December 2006; revised 24 January 2007; folds) is also seen in laryngomalacia. However, it is accepted 29 January 2007. the tendency of supraglottic tissue to collapse, From Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Whipps Cross University, NHS Hospital NHS rather than the shape of the epiglottis that charac- Trust, Leytonstone, London. terizes laryngomalacia; this results in the associated Funding: none. Conflict of interest: none declared. respiratory obstruction and sleep apnea. Corresponding author: Nadeem Petkar, Department of Otolar- Once a diagnosis of high-rising epiglottis has yngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Whipps Cross University Hospital, Whipps Cross Road, Leytonstone, London, E11 1NR, been made, patients and their parents simply need United Kingdom (E-mail: [email protected]). to be reassured as to the benign nature of this doi: 10.3122/jabfm.2007.05.060212 High-Rising Epiglottis in Children 495 J Am Board Fam Med: first published as 10.3122/jabfm.2007.05.060212 on 6 September 2007. Downloaded from Figure 1. Oral cavity showing an extremely high-rising epiglottis behind the uvula. condition, provided there are no signs of airway The physician needs to be aware of a high-rising obstruction or sleep apnea. Patients may be re- epiglottis to reassure patients and their parents. ferred to the otolaryngologist for confirmation of Otolaryngological consultation may be necessary to diagnosis, if required. For patients with respiratory confirm the diagnosis. We must keep in mind that compromise, especially those with severe laryngo- in the majority of pediatric patients with no symp- malacia, surgical procedures like partial epiglottec- toms of sleep apnea or upper airway obstruction, an tomy, epiglottopexy, and recently epiglottoplasty elongated tubular epiglottis in a high positioned have been described. Minor removal of the epiglot- larynx is a normal variant of the pediatric larynx copyright. tis does not interfere with phonation, respiration, and should not in itself trigger any investigations or or deglutition. However, we believe that in a ma- treatment. jority of patients with only a high-rising epiglottis with no airway obstruction or other symptoms no References further investigation or surgical intervention is re- 1. Bruce B. Congenital disorders of the larynx. In: quired. Cummings CW, Schuller DE, Krause CJ, editors. 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