Epiglottitis Caused by COVID-19 Infection in a Four-Year-Old Boy

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KARIMI MEHRAN; Jafari Nodoushan Abdolhamid; SAYEDI SEYED JAVAD; Shahzeidi Ali

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Journal: JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC PERSPECTIVES Year:2023 | Volume:11 | Issue:2 (110) Page(s): 17438-17442

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Epiglottitis Caused by COVID-19 Infection in a Four-Year-Old Boy

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KARIMI MEHRAN | Jafari Nodoushan Abdolhamid | SAYEDI SEYED JAVAD | Shahzeidi Ali | Issue Writer Certificate

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Children

COVID-19

Epiglottitis

Abstract

Background: Epiglottitis is an inflammatory disease involving the epiglottis, vallecula, arytenoid cartilage, and aryepiglottic wrinkles. Acute epiglottitis is relatively rare, but it can quickly lead to a life-threatening airway obstruction. Diagnosis of epiglottitis is clinical, but radiography and direct vision of the epiglottis can also help with the diagnosis. Clinical manifestations of epiglottitis include fever, sore throat, and in the event of imminent airway obstruction, symptoms of muffled sound, falls, tripod position, and stridor might be presented as well. Epiglottitis can be caused by some bacterial agents or viruses such as adenovirus and measles. COVID-19 was first detected in December 2019 in a group of patients with severe respiratory symptoms in Hubei Province, China. Common symptoms include fever, cough, fatigue, difficulty breathing, and loss of smell and taste. Although COVID-19 disease has a variety of manifestations, only one case of epiglottitis following COVID-19 disease has been reported in adults. However, no cases of epiglottitis have been reported in children with COVID-19. Case presentation: The patient, a 4-year-old boy, came to our center and the patient's family complained about shortness of breath and progressive lethargy of the child from 10 days ago. Since last week, he had been sleeping in a sitting position due to the aggravation of shortness of breath. On physical examination, respiratory distress, tachypnea, subcostal retraction, tail stridor, and crackle was heard in both lungs. Diagnosed with suspected bronchoscopy epiglottitis,and a large, swollen, and cherry-red epiglottis was observed. Based on the patient's history of respiratory symptoms and the prevalence of COVID-19, a reverse pharyngeal polymerase (RT-PCR) transcript test was requested for COVID-19 and the COVID-19 infection was positive. The patient was intubated due to decreased oxygen scorching and was treated with antibiotics due to the diagnosis of epiglottitis and recovered. Conclusion: In this article, we reported the case of a 4-year-old child with epiglottitis in the context of COVID19. To the best of our knowledge, no case of epiglottitis had been, previously, reported in children with COVID19. Therefore, in our opinion, epiglottitis can probably be one of the manifestations of COVID19 in children.

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KARIMI, MEHRAN, Jafari Nodoushan, Abdolhamid, SAYEDI, SEYED JAVAD, & Shahzeidi, Ali. (2023). Epiglottitis Caused by COVID-19 Infection in a Four-Year-Old Boy. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS, 11(2 (110)), 17438-17442. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/1078504/en

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KARIMI MEHRAN, Jafari Nodoushan Abdolhamid, SAYEDI SEYED JAVAD, Shahzeidi Ali. Epiglottitis Caused by COVID-19 Infection in a Four-Year-Old Boy. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS[Internet]. 2023;11(2 (110)):17438-17442. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/1078504/en

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MEHRAN KARIMI, Abdolhamid Jafari Nodoushan, SEYED JAVAD SAYEDI, and Ali Shahzeidi, “Epiglottitis Caused by COVID-19 Infection in a Four-Year-Old Boy,” INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS, vol. 11, no. 2 (110), pp. 17438–17442, 2023, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/1078504/en

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