High-grade congenital esophageal stenosis owing to a membranous diaphragm with tracheoesophageal fistula.
Gross E-type congenital esophageal atresia associated with congenital esophageal stenosis is extremely rare. In a male infant born at 36 weeks of gestation, bubbly vomiting was noted after birth. X-ray films of the chest and abdomen showed coil-up sign of the nasogastric tube and gas in the stomach and small intestines were recognized, so gross C-type esophageal atresia was suspected and surgery was performed on the first day of life. Surgery revealed the presence of a tracheoesophageal fistula in the upper esophagus and membranous stenosis on the distal side.
Nagae
Itsuro
I
Third Department of Surgery, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo 160-0023, Japan. i-nagae@tokyo-med.ac.jp
Tsuchida
Akihiko
A
Tanabe
Yoshihide
Y
Takahashi
Soshi
S
Minato
Shintaro
S
Aoki
Tatsuya
T
D004940:Esophageal Stenosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D004947:Esophagus / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D014138:Tracheoesophageal Fistula / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery