title: Airway in the oculo-auriculo-vertebral spectrum: two cases and a review of the literature.
abstract: Two patients with oculo-auriculo-vertebral syndrome and multiple airway anomalies are presented. Both patients had esophageal atresia with a distal tracheoesophageal fistula and tracheomalacia due to innominate artery compression. Pulmonary hypoplasia, obstructive sleep apnea, and a laryngeal anomaly were also noted. The literature of airway anomalies and obstructive sleep apnea described in association with the oculo-auriculo-vertebral spectrum is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Medical Center at Knoxville, Knoxville, Tennessee 37920-6999, USA. vmccarth@mc.utmck.edu
authors.forename: V P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: McCarthy
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Zimo
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Lucas
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000473:pathology*; D016122:Brachiocephalic Trunk / Q000473:pathology*; D004933:Esophageal Atresia / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007830:Larynx / Q000002:abnormalities; D008168:Lung / Q000002:abnormalities*; D020181:Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / Q000209:etiology; D013577:Syndrome; D014132:Trachea / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000473:pathology; D014138:Tracheoesophageal Fistula / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology