Tracheal agenesis with bronchoesophageal fistulas —A case report—

Abstract

Although tracheal agenesis is presently considered to be a rare and fatal anomaly, an increasing number of institutions have been reporting such cases. Reported herein, is a clinical and necropsy report of a premature infant whose tracheal agenesis was associated with broncho-esophageal fistulas and an imperforate anus. Accidental esophageal intubation enabled a perineal anoplasty to be performed under general anesthesia and allowed him to survive for 14 days.

Tracheal agenesis revisited: analysis of associated anomalies

“…Initial literature searches disclosed an additional 66 cases not reviewed in our original paper [Smith and Bain, 1965;Reinhold-Richter, 1976;Perel et al, 1977;Jones and Drut, 1979;Morgan et al, 1979;Alfrey et al,1980;Anderson et al, 1981;Ohtani et al, 1982;Siplovich and Cywes, 1982;Parameswaran et al, 1983;Paes et al, 1984;Reilly et al, 1984;Solano-Larrañ aga and Coronado-Macías, 1984; Haskovcová , 1985;Milstein et al, 1985;Sakai et al, 1986;Holinger et al, 1987;Kearns and Miller, 1987;Spitz et al, 1987;Bray and Lamb, 1988;Esque et al, 1988;Herbert et al, 1988;Niranjan et al, 1988; Zimmerman et al, 1988;Arizmendi-Dorantes et al, 1989;Bradenkamp et al, 1989;Branger et al, 1989;Diaz et al,1989;Ishii et al, 1989;Nakada et al, 1989;Rovira et al, 1989;Scurry et al, 1989;Statz et al, 1989;Brichard et al, 1990;Chiu et al, 1990;McDonald and Oriol, 1990;Dost et al, 1991;Lopez et al, 1991; Schiffman et al, 1991;Weil, 1991;Coronel et al, 1992;…”