Incidence and long-term outcomes of surgically treated childhood hepatic malignancies in Finland.

Aim: To analyse incidence, treatment and outcomes of paediatric liver malignancies in Finland during 1987-2017.

Methods: Medical records and national cancer registry data of 47 children with liver malignancies were reviewed. Survival was calculated with the Kaplan-Meier method.

Unrecognized mediastinal tumor causing sudden tracheal obstruction and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

We report a case of a 13-year-old boy with a presumed neck cyst who developed sudden tracheal obstruction and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Cardiorespiratory collapse occurred due to an improperly diagnosed mediastinal tumor. This report serves to alert Emergency Physicians and emergency medical services personnel of the rare and rapidly progressive nature of respiratory compromise caused by a mediastinal tumor, which may have lethal consequences if not recognized and treated promptly.