Clinico-Radiological Diagnosis of Isolated Congenital Esophageal Stenosis in a Preterm Neonate

Abstract A 2-day-old preterm female neonate weighing 1.6 kg and having excessive frothing from mouth was investigated for suspected esophageal atresia and tracheoesophageal fistula. X-ray findings of an unusually low-ending upper pouch (up to T8 level) and the absence of gas in abdomen lead to suspi...

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Main Author: Minakshi Sham
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2013-05-01
Series:European Journal of Pediatric Surgery Reports
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0033-1345279