Case Report
Delayed Presentation of Tetralogy of Fallot with Isolated Cyanosis
Table 1
Differential diagnosis of hypoxia or cyanosis in an infant [
7,
8,
13].
| Congenital heart disease | Shock states | Hematologic causes | Neurologic causes |
| (i) Tetralogy of Fallot | (i) Cardiogenic | (i) Methemoglobinemia | (i) Seizures | (ii) Transposition of the great arteries | (ii) Hypovolemic | (ii) Anemia | (ii) Phrenic nerve palsy | (iii) Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection | (iii) Obstructive | (iii) Polycythema | | (iv) Tricuspid atresia | (iv) Distributive | | | (v) Truncus arteriosus | | | |
| Acquired respiratory disease | Infectious respiratory disease | Congenital respiratory disease | Miscellaneous causes |
| (i) Trauma | (i) Laryngotracheitis | (i) Laryngomalacia | (i) Cold exposure | (ii) Foreign body | (ii) Epiglottitis | (ii) Choanal atresia | (ii) Breath-holding spells | (iii) Pneumothorax | (iii) Bacterial tracheitis | (iii) Micrognathia | (iv) Asthma | (iv) Pneumonia | (iv) Pulmonary hypoplasia | (v) Pulmonary edema | (v) Bronchiolitis | (v) Pierre Robin sequence | | | (vi) Cystic fibrosis |
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