UAMS Pediatrics

So, I am in the PICU this month, and I have to admit some pretty interesting stuff comes through here.  But check this one out ... There was a toddler who underwent an outpatient CT for persistent breathing difficulty.  While in recovery from his sedation, the radiologist looked at his CT and saw a large posterior mass compressing his airway to the size of a piece of yarn!!  Well, he was sent to the PICU and underwent a battery of pre-chemo tests.  However, in the OR during the biopsy he decompensated and ENT had to come scope him.  And what did they find?  A piece of foil (you know like when what you peel of the top of rubbing alcohol, etc.) in his esophagus and the big ole mass turned out to be a reactive lymph node.  Do you know how the parents celebrated?  They went to the prom!