Tracheal Agenesis with Tracheo-oesophageal Fistula
Published: February 1, 2014 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2014/.4048
Somashekhar Marutirao Nimbalkar, Vijay K Patel, Dipen Vasudev Patel3, Ank ur Rajinder Sethi
1. Professor, Department of Paediatrics, Pramukhswami Medical College, Karamsad, Gujarat, India.
2. Senior Resident, Department of Paediatrics, Pramukhswami Medical College, Karamsad, Gujarat, India.
3. Assistant Professor, Department of Paediatrics, Pramukhswami Medical College, Karamsad, Gujarat, India.
4. Assistant Professor, Department of Paediatrics, Pramukhswami Medical College, Karamsad, Gujarat, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Somashekhar Nimbalkar,
Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Shree Krishna Hospital, Pramukhswami Medical College, Karamsad,
District: Anand, Gujarat-388325, India.
Phone: +919825087842, E-mail: somu_somu@yahoo.com
Tracheal Agenesis (TA) presents with respiratory distress at birth. Diagnosis requires recognition of clinical signs in newborns like failure of endotracheal intubation, respiratory distress with absent air entry over both side of chest and inaudible cry. We describe a TA Floyd Type I with a Tracheo-Oesophageal Fistula (TOF) without other congenital malformations.
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