Congenital oesophageal atresia discordant for tracheo-oesophageal fistula occurring in a set of dizygotic twins.
The authors present a set of female diamnionic and dichorionic twins with different blood types and congenital oesophageal atresia (EA) in both. Surgical management was successful. It can be assumed that EA with tracheo-oesophageal fistula in twin B occurred during an early embryological stage whereas the isolated EA in twin A was the result of a later event. To our knowledge, this is the first published set of dizygotic twins with different types of EA.
Tröbs
R-B
RB
Department of Paediatric Surgery, University of Leipzig Medical Centre, Leipzig, Germany. ralf-bodo.troebs@marienhospital-herne.de
Knüpffer
M
M
Schütz
A
A
Cernaianu
G
G
Hirsch
W
W
Regenthal
R
R
D004200:Diseases in Twins; D004933:Esophageal Atresia / Q000196:embryology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D014138:Tracheoesophageal Fistula / Q000196:embryology*; D014429:Twins, Dizygotic