Omega shaped epiglottis is seen in ____________: (A) Laryngomalacia, (B) Epiglottitis, (C) Tuberculosis, (D) Carcinoma of epiglottis
Answer is A. In laryngomalacia direct laryngoscopy shows elongated epiglottis, curled upon itself (omega-shaped), floppy aryepiglottic folds and prominent arytenoids. Pediatric Epiglottis is omega-shaped and arytenoids relatively large covering significant poion of the posterior glottis.