Late presentation of double aortic arch in school-age children presumed to have asthma: the benefits of spirometry and examination of the flow-volume curve.
Children with double aortic arch most often present in infancy. This report presents 3 patients in whom the diagnosis of double aortic arch was not revealed until later in childhood. They were all given a misdiagnosis of asthma, but abnormalities detected on the flow-volume curve led to the true diagnosis.
Department of Pediatric Pulmonology, Primary Children's Medical Center, University of Utah School of Medicine, 100 North Mario Capecchi Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84113, USA. derek.uchida@hsc.utah.edu
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D001015:Aortic Arch Syndromes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D005541:Forced Expiratory Volume; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013147:Spirometry; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed