Congenital oesophageal stenosis.

Congenital oesophageal stenosis due to tracheobronchial remnants.

This paper presents the authors' experience with congenital oesophageal stenosis (= CES) in three patients who had CES due to tracheobronchial remnants. Difficulties with feeding started at 6-9 months of age, which corresponded with the introduction of solids. Contrast studies showed stenosis at the junction of the mid and distal thirds of the oesophagus. Limited resection of the oesophageal st...

Congenital oesophageal stenosis caused by tracheobronchial structures in the oesophageal wall.

Congenital oesophageal stenosis caused by heterotopic cartilage and other tracheobronchial structures in the oesophageal wall is a very rare condition. The first case was described by Frey and Duschl in 1936, and only 16 further cases have been reported since that date. We report two further cases of the anomaly. The first, like the majority described previously, was an isolated defect in an ot...

Congenital oesophageal stenosis and herpes simplex infection.

Preterm Newborn with Isolated Congenital Tracheal Stenosis: A Very Rare and Fatal Condition

Congenital tracheal stenosis is a lethal and very rare congenital malformation with an estimated incidence of two per 100,000 newborns. It leads to functional atresia of the trachea. It usually leads to infant death if there is no accessory connections like tracheo-oesophageal fistula to allow for spontaneous breathing .We report a male infant born at 32 weeks of gestation presented with respir...

Congenital Oesophageal Stenosis in a Puppy

An extremely rare case of congenital oesophageal stenosis in a two-month-old, male, miniature pincher dog was reported. The puppy was presented at the Small Animal Teaching Hospital, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University, with a history of an acute onset of regurgitation at the time of weaning on to solid food. Contrast radiography of the oesophagus showed that the oesophagus ...

INTRAMURAL TRACHEOBRONCHIAL REMNANTS: A MISDIAGNOSED CAUSE OF CONGENITAL ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS

In cases of congenital esophageal stenosis due to tracheobronchial remnants, symptoms of partial esophageal obstruction appear at the time of weaning or during early childhood. In the absence of esophagitis, esophagram combined with cinefluoroscopy demonstrates fixed stenosis of distal esophagus and appears to be diagnostic. Dilatation of rigid stenosis is invariably unrewarding and surgic...