Case report: a rare cause of respiratory distress in a paediatric emergency department patient

Guzel A., Gunaydin M., Bernay F., Paksu S.

HONG KONG JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE, vol.21, no.1, pp.55-56, 2014 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 21 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2014
  • Doi Number: 10.1177/102490791402100112
  • Journal Name: HONG KONG JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.55-56
  • Keywords: Airway obstruction, dyspnea, mediastinal cyst, trachea, CYSTS
  • Ondokuz Mayıs University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

A 5-month-old boy presented with respiratory distress. Computed tomography revealed a cystic mass in the right upper thorax compressing on the trachea. The mass was removed surgically and proven histologically to be an enteric cyst.