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Publication; issue : 2007 Year 31 Vol 1 iss 89 p
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Sudden death due to epiglottic abscess Kor J Legal Med 2007 May;31(1):89-91.
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Division of Forensic Medicine, National Institute of Scientific Investigation, Seoul, Korea.
Department of Forensic Medicine, Catholic University Medical School, Seoul, Korea. Kangsm@catholic.ac.kr
Acute epiglottitis is a local bacterial infection of the supraglottic area. Epiglottitis is generally caused by organisms which invoke an inflammatory response that develops rapid obstructive edema. The disease rarely progresses to abscess stage, either because medical intervention is sought or death by asphyxiation ensues. A 38-year-old, mentally ill but physically healthy woman died of airway obstruction caused by acute epiglottitis forming an abscess. She died unexpectedly and suddenly showing only minor nonspecific symptoms.
Key words : acute epiglottitis, epiglottic abscess, sudden death
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