[Tracheal agenesis: CT diagnosis].
Tracheal agenesis is an exceptional congenital malformation of the airway with fatal consequences. A case of a newborn infant presenting with respiratory distress is reported. Laryngoscopy and helical CT of the airway confirmed the diagnosis of tracheal agenesis with tracheo-esophageal fistula and laryngeal agenesis.
Service d'Imagerie Médicale, Pavillon Mère-Enfant, Hôpital Nord, Marseille. kathia.chaumoitre@mail.ap-hm.fr
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D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007830:Larynx / Q000002:abnormalities*; D008297:Male; D012127:Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014132:Trachea / Q000002:abnormalities*; D014138:Tracheoesophageal Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging