Congenital brachioesophagus with secondary intrathoracic stomach associated with rachischisis described as "serpentine-like syndrome": a case report and literature review.
We report a male infant with severe brachioesophagus with intrathoracic stomach, duodenum, pancreas, and spleen associated with short neck because of rachischisis and scoliosis, an extremely rare condition described recently as "serpentine-like syndrome". Our case died and we review four similar cases reported in the English literature.
Department of Pediatric General and Urogenital Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan.
Hiroki
H
Nakamura
Tadaharu
T
Okazaki
Hiroyuki
H
Koga
Geoffrey J
GJ
Lane
Atsuyuki
A
Yamataka
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D004065:Digestive System Abnormalities / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D004386:Duodenum / Q000002:abnormalities*; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; D004947:Esophagus / Q000002:abnormalities*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007582:Jejunostomy; D008297:Male; D010179:Pancreas / Q000002:abnormalities; D011247:Pregnancy; D016135:Spinal Dysraphism / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013154:Spleen / Q000002:abnormalities; D013270:Stomach / Q000002:abnormalities*; D013577:Syndrome; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed