Congenital H-type tracheoesophageal fistula.

نویسندگان

  • P Bedard
  • D P Girvan
  • B Shandling
چکیده

A 12-year-old girl with H-type tracheoesophageal fistula is presented. The fistula was proven by bronchoscopic, oesophageoscopic and radiographic (with contrast medium) studies. As a sucking child the girl was operated, but there is no medical documentation (the girl is a displaced person). The question remains whether it is a primary or recurrent fistula.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Archives of disease in childhood

دوره 50 11  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1974