Isolated uvulitis: An uncommon but not a rare clinical entity

Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2005 Apr;57(2):139-40. doi: 10.1007/BF02907669.

Abstract

Infections of uvula have been described in association with group A streptococcal pharyngitis (Rapkin, JAMI, 43, 1980, 1843), or Haemolytic influenzae type b epiglottitis. Medicine (Gorjinkel HJ, 58, 1979, 80) however, to our knowledge, only two cases of isolated uvulitis are reported in world literature. We report five cases of isolated uvulitis in adults.

Keywords: Epiglottitis; isolated uvulitis; pharyngitis.