title: Congenital esophageal stenosis.
abstract: Congenital esophageal stenosis CES is an uncommon anomaly that rarely goes undiagnosed until adulthood. We report 2 cases of CES. The first was a one-month-old baby boy who was referred for work up of swallowing disorder and recurrent pneumonias. The diagnosis was confirmed by a continuous fluoroscopic esophagogram, and endoscopic exploration. Simple dilatation resolved his symptoms completely. The second was an 18-month-old boy, who was referred with a feeding gastrostomy due to complete esophageal obstruction. Resection and end-to-end anastomosis was performed with uneventful postoperative course.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Mahmoud A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Machmouchi
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Al Harbi
authors.forename: Khalid A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Bakhsh
authors.forename: Zain H
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Al Shareef
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D003241:Consanguinity; D004940:Esophageal Stenosis / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D004947:Esophagus / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012529:Saudi Arabia