Twelve-year-old boy with recurrent presentations of shortness of breath: an intraluminal tracheal tumour.
A 12-year-old boy was admitted with symptoms of recurrent shortness of breath since 12 months along with mild intermittent retrosternal chest pain that had developed 3 weeks ago prior to admission. He was previously treated for asthma with no improvement. Initial posteroanterior chest X-ray (CXR) revealed no abnormality on two occasions. Lateral CXR showed a mass lesion in the distal trachea which was subsequently confirmed by a CT scan of the chest.
Department of Pediatrics, Midland Regional Hospital, Westmeath, Ireland.
Birendra
B
Rai
Fazly Helmi Mohd
FH
Din
James Joseph
JJ
O'Byrne
Farhana
F
Sharif
D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D009379:Neoplasms, Muscle Tissue / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery