title: Congenital esophageal atresia with tracheoesophageal fistula occurring in both members of dizygotic twins.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Osaka Medical Center for Maternal and Child Health, Japan.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ishimaru
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kubota
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yonekura
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sakakura
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Noguchi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ueda
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Oyanagi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kitayama
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Imura
mesh_terms: 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