Congenital esophageal atresia with tracheoesophageal fistula occurring in both members of dizygotic twins.
The authors present a pair of dizygotic twins with congenital esophageal atresia with tracheoesophageal fistula who underwent successful single-stage surgical repair. To our knowledge, this is the second set of dizygotic twins with this congenital anomaly in the literature.
Ishimaru
E
E
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Osaka Medical Center for Maternal and Child Health, Japan.
Kubota
A
A
Yonekura
T
T
Sakakura
S
S
Noguchi
J
J
Ueda
S
S
Oyanagi
H
H
Kitayama
Y
Y
Imura
K
K
D004200:Diseases in Twins; D004933:Esophageal Atresia / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D014138:Tracheoesophageal Fistula / Q000151:congenital* / Q000235:genetics*; D014429:Twins, Dizygotic