Late Presentation of Double Aortic Arch in School-Age Children Presumed to Have Asthma: The Benefits of Spirometry and Examination of the Flow-Volume Curve

Abstract

Children with double aortic arch most often present in infancy. This report presents 3 patients in whom the diagnosis of double aortic arch was not revealed until later in childhood. They were all given a misdiagnosis of asthma, but abnormalities detected on the flow-volume curve led to the true diagnosis.