I read with great interest, the article written by Yoon et al. entitled 'The incidence of epiglottic cysts in a cohort of adults with acute epiglottitis'.1 They concluded that a pre-existing epiglottic cyst might be associated with a suppurative infection of the supraglottis and that infected epiglottic cysts increased the risk for airway obstruction and recurrence of acute epiglottitis. They suggested a treatment protocol for assessing and managing acute epiglottitis with or without infected epiglottic cyst. I think that this clinical study was great and essential for clinicians because acute epiglottitis is still one of the most serious airway diseases in adult, especially immunocom-promised patient. Therefore, their treatment protocol may be important for early proper management as well as early decision for the surgical treatment.
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