Membrana de oxigenación extracorpórea en un paciente con síndrome mediastinal agudo

Mediastinal tumors are relatively rare in children. Depending on their location and extension, they can cause central airway obstruction and life-threatening events. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation is an effective strategy to relieve the acute cardiorespiratory compromise provoked by that obstruction while an appropriate treatment is initiated. The case is presented of a girl with an anaplastic lymphoma that debuted with severe tracheobronchial obstruction and respiratory failure, for which the use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation was successful.