PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Shilpa Ojha
AU  - Julian Gaskin
AU  - Michael Saunders
TI  - Subglottic acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
AID  - 10.1136/bcr-2018-226364
DP  - 2018 Nov 01
TA  - BMJ Case Reports
PG  - e226364
VI  - 11
IP  - 1
4099  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/11/1/e226364.short
4100  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/11/1/e226364.full
SO  - BMJ Case Reports2018 Nov 01; 11
AB  - Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) is one of the the most common malignancies of childhood and can occasionally present as acute airway obstruction. We present the unusual case of a 1-year-old boy who was referred to our Paediatric Otolaryngology (ENT) clinic with a recurrent history of croup. This is the first reported case of localised ALL presenting as a subglottic mass in a paediatric patient. It highlights the need to have a broader differential diagnosis in children presenting with ‘recurrent croup’ including extramedullary presentation of leukaemia and to have a low threshold for performing endoscopy in such cases.