Epiglottitis: Lateral neck radiograph

(A) A normal epiglottis on a lateral neck radiograph, with the structures illustrated in panel B. Epiglottitis is similarly depicted radiographically (C, D).

Reproduced with permission from: Fleisher GR, Ludwig W, Baskin MN. Atlas of Pediatric Emergency Medicine. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2004. Copyright © 2004 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

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