title: Esophageal bronchus in an infant--a rare cause of recurrent pneumonia.
abstract: A 4-month-old female infant presented to our institute with recurrent pneumonia and was diagnosed with a right lower lobe esophageal bronchus. This congenital anomaly is extremely rare with very few cases reported in the literature. We describe the diagnostic workup and management that led to a successful outcome.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric surgery, Michael E DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children'sHospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA. appimpal@texaschildrenshospital.org
authors.forename: Ashwin P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Pimpalwar
authors.forename: Saif F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Hassan
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D001980:Bronchi / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000209:etiology*; D012008:Recurrence; D014132:Trachea / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery