TY - JOUR
T1 - Superior Mediastinal Syndrome Misdiagnosed as Foreign Body Aspiration
T2 - A Case Report
AU - Qureshi, Tabinda Naz
AU - Beg, Mirza Amanullah
AU - Haider, Syed Rizwan
AU - Shaaban, Naglaa
AU - Abdwani, Raghad
AU - Al Rawas, Abdulhakim
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023, Oman Medical Specialty Board. All rights reserved.
PY - 2023/1/31
Y1 - 2023/1/31
N2 - Superior mediastinal syndrome is a life-threatening pediatric oncological emergency that requires high level of awareness and clinical suspicion to avoid misdiagnosis and devastating outcomes. Early diagnostic evaluation and management of underlying etiology are of utmost significance for optimal results. In children, it is most commonly caused by non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and T-cell lymphoblastic leukemia. We report a case of a six-year-old boy with superior mediastinal syndrome secondary to T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, initially misdiagnosed as foreign body aspiration and underwent a procedure with a life-threatening outcome.
AB - Superior mediastinal syndrome is a life-threatening pediatric oncological emergency that requires high level of awareness and clinical suspicion to avoid misdiagnosis and devastating outcomes. Early diagnostic evaluation and management of underlying etiology are of utmost significance for optimal results. In children, it is most commonly caused by non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and T-cell lymphoblastic leukemia. We report a case of a six-year-old boy with superior mediastinal syndrome secondary to T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, initially misdiagnosed as foreign body aspiration and underwent a procedure with a life-threatening outcome.
KW - Chemotherapy
KW - Lymphoblastic Leukemia
KW - Vena Cava, SuperiorT-cells
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U2 - 10.5001/omj.2023.07
DO - 10.5001/omj.2023.07
M3 - Article
C2 - 36742180
AN - SCOPUS:85163786241
SN - 1999-768X
VL - 38
JO - Oman Medical Journal
JF - Oman Medical Journal
IS - 1
M1 - e469
ER -