Thumb and Little Finger Signs

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A pair of findings on plain lateral films of the neck; the ‘thumb’ is seen in acute epiglottitis and corresponds to an oedematous aryepiglottic fold—epiglottic shadow—with near-complete obliteration of the valleculae and pyriform sinuses, likened to an adult’s thumb; the ‘little finger’ is used for comparison, where the epiglottic shadow is svelte, resembling an adult’s little finger

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