Acute uvulitis: a rare cause of stridor in adults

Ahmad  Abbasian; Hadi  Mirfazaelian; AmirAli  Soltani

doi:10.18502/fem.v10i1.22037

Ahmad Abbasian Department of Emergency Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Hadi Mirfazaelian Department of Emergency Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
AmirAli Soltani School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18502/fem.v10i1.22037

Keywords: Acute Uvulitis; Corticosteroids; Emergency

Abstract

A 34-year-old man presented to the emergency department with a chief complaint of shortness of breath and sore throat. On examination, the patient exhibited stridor and noisy breathing with the rest of the physical examination being within normal range, ultimately leading to a diagnosis of acute uvulitis. We present a case of acute uvulitis in this report.