Clinical insights from a rare case of neonatal upper gastrointestinal obstruction complicated by H-Type tracheoesophageal fistula: case report and review of the literature.

Journal: BMC Pediatrics
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Abstract

We present a rare case of a 3-day-old male infant presenting with both annular pancreas (AP) and H-type esophageal atresia (H-TEF). Initially, our focus was solely on the upper gastrointestinal malformation in the child, and the misdiagnosis of a concurrent Tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF) was corrected only after a secondary surgery. Therefore, this article aims to discuss methods for accurately diagnosing this rare anomaly and performing timely surgery to improve the prognosis of the child and enhance their quality of life.

Authors
Yuanzhu Gan, Huijuan Wang, Zebing Zheng, Chengyan Tang, Daiwei Zhu, Xingrong Xia, Lu Huang, Qing Du, Xilin Liao, Yuanmei Liu, Zhu Jin