Qureshi Tabinda Naz, Beg Mirza Amanullah, Haider Syed Rizwan, Shaaban Naglaa, Abdwani Raghad, Al Rawas Abdulhakim
Child Health Department, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman.
Radiology Department, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman.
Oman Med J. 2023 Jan 31;38(1):e469. doi: 10.5001/omj.2023.07. eCollection 2023 Jan.
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.
上腔静脉综合征是一种危及生命的儿科肿瘤急症，需要高度的警惕性和临床怀疑，以避免误诊和造成严重后果。对潜在病因进行早期诊断评估和管理对于取得最佳治疗效果至关重要。在儿童中，它最常见的病因是非霍奇金淋巴瘤和T细胞淋巴母细胞白血病。我们报告一例6岁男孩因T细胞急性淋巴细胞白血病继发上腔静脉综合征，最初被误诊为异物吸入，并接受了一次导致生命垂危后果的手术。
