[Laryngo-tracheo-oesophageal cleft and G-syndrome--interposition of a flap from the sternocleidomastoid muscle (author's transl)].
A 7-month-old dystrophic infant weighing 3.8 kg was investigated endoscopically in relation to recurrent pneumonia. A tracheo-esophageal cleft was demonstrated. The situation was complicated by the coexistence of achalasia of the cardia. There was also hypertelorism and malformation of the urinary tract, so that this would appear to be a case of the G-Syndrome. A Heller's operation with fundoplication and gastrostomy was performed and only after this was the tracheooesophageal cleft closed. A flap of sternomastoid muscle was interposed between the trachea and oesophagus. Stenosis was treated by dilatation.
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004931:Esophageal Achalasia / Q000150:complications; D004947:Esophagus / Q000002:abnormalities*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007830:Larynx / Q000002:abnormalities*; D009132:Muscles / Q000601:surgery*; D009334:Neck Muscles / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D014132:Trachea / Q000002:abnormalities*
Laryngotracheoösophageale Spalte bei G-Syndrom--Verschluss druch Interposition eines Sternocleidomastoideuslappens.