title: Persistent esophagotrachea: description of a case.
abstract: Esophagotrachea is the most severe form of laryngo-tracheo-esophageal cleft. This congenital anomaly is due to the anomalous differentiation of the primitive cephalic gut into trachea and esophagus. We present a case of a new born female with a common tracheoesophageal canal up to the carina. Atresia ani, a vulvo-vestibular fistula, sacral ipoplasia and others associated anomalies were also present. The baby underwent surgery after a laringo-tracheoscopy and a barium study of the esophagus. The prognosis of this extremely rare malformation is generally poor and the baby died on the fifth day after surgery for a serious ipertensive pneumothorax.
authors.affiliation: Radiology Department of Pediatric Clinic University of Rome La Sapienza.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Roggini
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Carbone
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bosco
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Cozzi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Andreoli
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Capocaccia
mesh_terms: D004947:Esophagus / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011859:Radiography; D014132:Trachea / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging