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Acute epiglottitis is one of the common conditions of upper airway obstructions in children. The clinical course is not only fulminant but possibly fatal, resulting from massive swelling of supraglottic structures especially epiglottis caused by Hemophilus influenzae. This is so because early recogn...

Acute epiglottitis is one of the common conditions of upper airway obstructions in children. The clinical course is not only fulminant but possibly fatal, resulting from massive swelling of supraglottic structures especially epiglottis caused by Hemophilus influenzae. This is so because early recognition and careful airway management is always desired. Numerous reports in the literature reveals that a majority of cases occurs mainly in young children under six years of age, however, recent reports of acute epiglottitis in adult is increasing. We present a series of acute epiglottitis in adult and a review of the literature. We also discuss the differences between acute epiglottitis in adult and in children in terms of clinical course, causative organism, management and the results of treatment.