The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, United States of America.
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, United States of America.
Am J Emerg Med. 2022 Jan;51:427.e1-427.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2021.06.077. Epub 2021 Jul 7.
There have been more than 178 million global cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, with more than 3.8 million deaths worldwide [1]. COVID-19 can present with a wide variety of symptoms, and one rare manifestation that has been reported in the literature is acute epiglottitis. To date, there have been two reported cases of acute epiglottitis in COVID-19 positive patients [2, 3]. We present a case of a 49-year-old male presenting to a community emergency department with the chief complaint of dysphagia and sore throat, confirmed as acute epiglottitis, in the presence of a positive rapid COVID-19 PCR test.
全球已有超过 1.78 亿例 COVID-19 病例，即由 SARS-CoV-2 病毒引起的疾病，全球死亡人数超过 380 万[1]。COVID-19 可能表现出多种症状，文献中报告了一种罕见的表现为急性会厌炎。迄今为止，有两例 COVID-19 阳性患者报告发生急性会厌炎[2,3]。我们报告了一例 49 岁男性病例，他因吞咽困难和咽痛到社区急诊就诊，在快速 COVID-19 PCR 检测阳性的情况下确诊为急性会厌炎。
