Tracheal agenesis: an exceptional cause of neonatal respiratory distress.
The absence of the trachea is a rare and always lethal congenital malformation. Temporary survival depends on ventilation through the esophagus. We report our experience with a newborn who presented this unusual tracheal abnormality in association with cardiac malformation.
Department of Pediatrics, University of Liège, Rocourt, Belgium.
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B
Brichard
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Smeets
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L
Withofs
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Y
Gillerot
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Battisti
J P
JP
Langhendries
J M
JM
Bertrand
D001983:Bronchial Fistula / Q000151:congenital; D004937:Esophageal Fistula / Q000151:congenital; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012127:Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn / Q000209:etiology*; D014132:Trachea / Q000002:abnormalities*