title: Passage of nasogastric tube through tracheo-esophageal fistula into stomach: A rare event.
abstract: Esophageal atresia with tracheo-oesophageal fistula (TEF) occurs in 1 in 3500 live births. Anorectal malformation is found to be associated with 14% of TEF. Esophageal atresia with TEF is a congenital anomaly which classically presents as excessive frothing from the mouth and respiratory distress. Rarely gastric position of the feeding tube in a case of TEF can be obtained delaying the diagnosis of TEF. We had an uncommon situation where a nasogastric tube reached the stomach through the trachea and tracheo-esophageal fistula, leading to misdiagnosis in a case of esophageal atresia with tracheoesophageal fistula. By using a stiff rubber catheter instead of a soft feeding tube for the diagnosis of esophageal atresia and TEF, such situation can be avoided.
authors.affiliation: Ravikiran Shankar Kamble, Rahulkumar Gupta, Abhaya Gupta, Paras Kothari, K Vishesh Dikshit, Krishnakumar Kesan, Kedar Mudkhedkar, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Lokamany Tilak Municipal Medical College and Government Hospital, Maharashtra 400022, India.
authors.forename: Ravikiran Shankar
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Kamble
authors.affiliation: Ravikiran Shankar Kamble, Rahulkumar Gupta, Abhaya Gupta, Paras Kothari, K Vishesh Dikshit, Krishnakumar Kesan, Kedar Mudkhedkar, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Lokamany Tilak Municipal Medical College and Government Hospital, Maharashtra 400022, India.
authors.forename: Rahulkumar
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.affiliation: Ravikiran Shankar Kamble, Rahulkumar Gupta, Abhaya Gupta, Paras Kothari, K Vishesh Dikshit, Krishnakumar Kesan, Kedar Mudkhedkar, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Lokamany Tilak Municipal Medical College and Government Hospital, Maharashtra 400022, India.
authors.forename: Abhaya
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.affiliation: Ravikiran Shankar Kamble, Rahulkumar Gupta, Abhaya Gupta, Paras Kothari, K Vishesh Dikshit, Krishnakumar Kesan, Kedar Mudkhedkar, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Lokamany Tilak Municipal Medical College and Government Hospital, Maharashtra 400022, India.
authors.forename: Paras
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kothari
authors.affiliation: Ravikiran Shankar Kamble, Rahulkumar Gupta, Abhaya Gupta, Paras Kothari, K Vishesh Dikshit, Krishnakumar Kesan, Kedar Mudkhedkar, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Lokamany Tilak Municipal Medical College and Government Hospital, Maharashtra 400022, India.
authors.forename: K Vishesh
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Dikshit
authors.affiliation: Ravikiran Shankar Kamble, Rahulkumar Gupta, Abhaya Gupta, Paras Kothari, K Vishesh Dikshit, Krishnakumar Kesan, Kedar Mudkhedkar, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Lokamany Tilak Municipal Medical College and Government Hospital, Maharashtra 400022, India.
authors.forename: Krishnakumar
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kesan
authors.affiliation: Ravikiran Shankar Kamble, Rahulkumar Gupta, Abhaya Gupta, Paras Kothari, K Vishesh Dikshit, Krishnakumar Kesan, Kedar Mudkhedkar, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Lokamany Tilak Municipal Medical College and Government Hospital, Maharashtra 400022, India.
authors.forename: Kedar
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mudkhedkar
keywords: Esophageal atresia; Misdiagnosis; Nasogastric tube; Red rubber catheter; Tracheoesophageal fistula