The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics 2008 , Vol 50 , Num 3
A congenital proximal tracheoesophageal fistula 14 years after surgical repair of esophageal atresia with distal tracheoesophageal fistula
1 Division of Allergy and Chest Diseases, İstanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey
2 Departments of Pediatric Surgery, İstanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey
3 Departments of Pediatric Radiology, İstanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey
Tamay Z, Güler N, Kılıç G, Gün F, Çelik A, Yekeler E. A congenital proximal tracheoesophageal fistula 14 years after surgical repair of esophageal atresia with distal tracheoesophageal fistula. Turk J Pediatr 2008; 50: 299-301.

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. Keywords : children, congenital, esophageal atresia, tracheoesophageal fistula

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