CASE REPORTS
A Rare Surgical Emergency in Geriatric Patient: Epiglottic Abscess
Geriatrik Hastada Gelişen Nadir Bir Cerrahi Acil: Epiglot Apsesi
Received Date : 12 Jan 2021
Accepted Date : 16 Feb 2021
Available Online : 17 Mar 2021
Vural AKINa, Mustafa TÜZa, Bekir BÜYÜKÇELİKa, Mehmet Emre SİVRİCEa
aDepartment of Ear, Nose and Throat Diseases, Süleymen Demirel University Faculty of Medicine, Isparta, TURKEY
Doi: 10.24179/kbbbbc.2021-81252 - Makale Dili: EN
KBB ve BBC Dergisi. 2021;29(3):236-40
Copyright © 2020 by Turkey Association of Society of Ear Nose Throat and Head Neck Surgery. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)
ABSTRACT
Epiglottic abscess is a rare complication of acute epiglottitis
that can lead to upper airway obstruction and is fatal if not diagnosed
early and treated. Common symptoms include dysphagia,
odynophagia, dysphonia, stridor and fever. Fiberoptic laryngoscopy
and contrast-enhanced neck computed tomography are the most common
methods of diagnosis. In the treatment of this complication, the
airway should be secured initially, abscess should be drained then and
intravenous antibiotherapy should be administered. In the present study,
we discuss our approach to epiglottic abscesses through a geriatric patient
who underwent an emergency operation for epiglottic abscess and
was treated successfully.
Keywords: Abscess; drainage; epiglottitis; geriatrics; tracheostomy
ÖZET
Epiglot apseleri, akut epiglottinin üst havayolu obstrüksiyonuna
neden olabilen, erken tanı ve tedavi uygulanmazsa mortal seyreden
nadir bir komplikasyonudur. Sık görülen semptomları; disfaji,
odinofaji, disfoni, stridor ve ateş yüksekliğidir. Tanıda en sık fiberoptik
larinks endoskopisi ve kontrastlı boyun bilgisayarlı tomografisinden
faydalanılır. Tedavide öncelikle havayolu güvene alınmalı,
takiben apse drene edilip intravenöz antibiyoterapi verilmelidir. Bu
çalışmada, epiglot apsesi nedeniyle acil operasyona alınıp başarıyla
tedavi ettiğimiz geriatrik hasta üzerinden epiglot apselerine yaklaşımı
ele aldık.
Anahtar Kelimeler: Apse; drenaj; epiglottit; geriatri; trakeostomi
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