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ArticleOman medical journal2023

Superior Mediastinal Syndrome Misdiagnosed as Foreign Body Aspiration: A Case Report.

Tabinda Naz Qureshi, Mirza Amanullah Beg, Syed Rizwan Haider, Naglaa Shaaban, Raghad Abdwani, Abdulhakim Al Rawas

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Article in Oman medical journal, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tabinda Naz QureshiChild Health Department, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman.
Mirza Amanullah BegRadiology Department, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman.
Syed Rizwan HaiderCommunity Pediatrics, Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Trust, Preston, UK.
Naglaa ShaabanDepartment of Pediatrics, German Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt.
Raghad AbdwaniChild Health Department, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman.
Abdulhakim Al RawasChild Health Department, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman.
Sultan Qaboos University Hospital · OM

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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.

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ChemotherapyLymphoblastic LeukemiaT-cellsVena Cava, Superior

Identifiers

PMID36742180
PMCPMC9890211
OpenAlexW3205590070

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