Point-of-Care Ultrasound Assists in Rapid Diagnosis of T-cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma in a Young Boy.

Ceyda H Sablak, Rebecca M Dudley, Alexander Youngdahl, Kevin R Roth

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Article in Cureus, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ceyda H SablakDepartment of Emergency and Hospital Medicine, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine/Lehigh Valley Health Network Campus, Allentown, USA.

Rebecca M DudleyDepartment of Emergency and Hospital Medicine, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine/Lehigh Valley Health Network Campus, Allentown, USA.

Alexander YoungdahlDepartment of Emergency and Hospital Medicine, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine/Lehigh Valley Health Network Campus, Allentown, USA.

Kevin R RothDepartment of Emergency and Hospital Medicine, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine/Lehigh Valley Health Network Campus, Allentown, USA.

Lehigh Valley Health Network · USLehigh Valley Hospital-Pocono · USUniversity of South Florida · US

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Abstract

T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma (T-cell LBL) is an uncommon diagnosis for acute dyspnea in pediatric emergencies. This case details a 13-year-old boy presenting to the ED with dyspnea, who was diagnosed with T-cell LBL. It was a unique presentation in which there was no obvious mediastinal mass on the examination or primary imaging. As a safe and cost-effective modality for a patient that was too unstable to transfer to the radiology department for computed tomography, point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) was useful in the patient's rapid assessment for suspected pericardial and pleural effusion. This case highlights the advantage of early utilization of POCUS for pediatric patients with dyspnea.

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lymphomapoint-of-careultrasound

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PMID34131530

DOI10.7759/cureus.14978

PMCPMC8195544

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