title: Tracheoesophageal fistula (H-type) in neonates with imperforate anus and the VATER association.
abstract: We report three patients with imperforate anus and other stigmata of the VATER syndrome who were diagnosed as having tracheoesophageal (TE) fistula, H-type, with intact esophagus. The fistula was diagnosed in two of the three patients only after recurrent respiratory infections.
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple; D001006:Anus, Imperforate / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012008:Recurrence; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000209:etiology; D014138:Tracheoesophageal Fistula / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*