title: Tracheal agenesis: a case report.
abstract: Tracheal agenesis is described in a premature infant. Absent cry, failure of tracheal intubation despite adequate ventilation with a face mask, and ventilation of both lungs after oesophageal intubation suggested the diagnosis. The infant's condition deteriorated rapidly because of severe pulmonary hyaline membrane disease 12 h later due to intractable cardiac failure. At post-mortem examination, large bilateral broncho-oesophageal fistulae were found.
authors.affiliation: Kinderklinik, Universität, Köln, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Statz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lynch
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ortmann
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Roth
mesh_terms: D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal; D007828:Laryngoscopy; D008297:Male; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D014132:Trachea / Q000002:abnormalities*