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.
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Derek A
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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
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