A congenital proximal tracheoesophageal fistula 14 years after surgical repair of esophageal atresia with distal tracheoesophageal fistula.
Congenital esophageal atresia with proximal and distal tracheoesophageal fistula occurs very rarely. This report describes late diagnosis of a congenital proximal fistula in a 14-year-old girl who underwent surgical repair of a congenital esophageal atresia with distal tracheoesophageal fistula on her first day of life and suffered recurrent bouts of lower airway infections and chronic cough, with the diagnosis of asthma in later childhood.
Tamay
Zeynep
Z
Division of Allergy and Chest Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
Güler
Nermin
N
Kiliç
Gürkan
G
Gün
Feryal
F
Celik
Aleaddin
A
Yekeler
Ensar
E
D000293:Adolescent; D004933:Esophageal Atresia / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014138:Tracheoesophageal Fistula / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*