We report a retrospective study of 20 cases of acute @entity5847 in adults admitted at our hospital between 1991 and 2001. We gather a series of variables: @entity1 sex, age, year and month of admission, personal history, initial clinical symptoms, complementary tests asked, given treatment, evolution and hospital average stay. We found an obvious predominance in male (19:1 with respect to female), with an average age of 45 years. The main symptoms were @entity1282 -odynophagia (85%), followed by @entity221 (55%) and pharyngocervical @entity158 . Dyspnea was confirmed in 9 of 20 @entity1 (45%); 5 of them required airway control with the help of intubation in one case, urgent coniotomy in three cases and tracheotomy in another one. A @entity1 suffered from an acute @entity1764 and required assistance and medical i.v. extended treatment in UCI. We show a case of another @entity1 who suffered sudden @entity1167 a followed by @entity204 . He did not present previous @entity1353 . Acute @entity5847 in adults is a rare pathology with a good prognosis in general, but may lead to an unpredictable and serious complication even in the absence of airway blockage. We carry out a medical literature review in this respect.

[Acute XXXX in adults. Our case load in 11 years].

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient', 'Patient'] @entity1353 :: ('MESH:D004417', 'Disease') :: ['dyspnea'] @entity1764 :: ('MESH:D008480', 'Disease') :: ['mediastinitis'] @entity158 :: ('MESH:D010146', 'Disease') :: ['pain'] @entity1282 :: ('MESH:D003680', 'Disease') :: ['dysphagia'] @entity1167 :: ('MESH:D006323', 'Disease') :: ['cardiorespiratory arrest'] @entity204 :: ('MESH:D003643', 'Disease') :: ['death'] @entity221 :: ('MESH:D005334', 'Disease') :: ['fever'] @entity5847 :: ('MESH:D004826', 'Disease') :: ['epiglottitis']
@entity5847 :: (MESH:D004826,Disease) :: ['epiglottitis']
