title: An infrequent cause of misdiagnosis in esophageal atresia.
abstract: Inability to pass an oral tube in infants with esophageal atresia often leads to the diagnosis of this anomaly. This report describes an infant with a delay in diagnosis resulting from initial passage of an oral tube through a distal tracheoesophageal fistula into the stomach.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Zeynep Kamil Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ayşenur Cerrah
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Celayir
authors.forename: Ergun
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Erdoğan
mesh_terms: D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004933:Esophageal Atresia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal; D014138:Tracheoesophageal Fistula / Q000150:complications