A 10-year-old girl who died after a throat tumour was mistaken for asthma has had a narrative verdict recorded by the Coventry coroner.

The girl died on 16th November 2008 whilst being taken from the Coventry University Hospital to a specialist unit in Leicester the coroner Sean McGovern heard.

Prior to her death she had been taken to the hospital on five occasions in the proceeding fortnight, and had also had four consultations about shortness of breath with her GP's surgery.

Along with a diagnosis of asthma, the girl had also been told she was suffering from a post-viral wheeze.

The diagnosis made could be understood considering the symptoms shown, with medical negligence not thought to be the cause of incorrect diagnosis.

The coroner recording his verdict offered his sympathies to the girl's family and described the tumour as a "vanishingly rare" condition, saying "Although there were indications that Bethany Flowers' symptoms were not entirely consistent with asthma, such a diagnosis is understandable, although it transpired to be inaccurate.

"Although potentially treatable, it is not possible to say whether an earlier diagnosis would have materially affected the outcome."

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