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Case Reports
. 2007 Feb;74(2):195-6.
doi: 10.1007/s12098-007-0015-0.

Traumatic pharyngeal pseudodiverticulum mimicking esophageal atresia

Kamalesh Pal  1 , Abdullah Alwabari, Magdy Abdulatif
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Traumatic pharyngeal pseudodiverticulum mimicking esophageal atresia

Kamalesh Pal et al. Indian J Pediatr. 2007 Feb.

Abstract

Obstruction of passage of a catheter through esophagus in a newborn is mostly diagnosed as esophageal atresia (EA) with or without tracheo esophageal fistula (TEF). Rarely a traumatic instrumentation may produce pharyngeal or upper esophageal perforation and attempt at passage of a catheter may produce a false passage submucosally called pseudodiverticulum. Here it is present the case of a extremely premature (28 wk) and low birth weight (950 gms) newborn with traumatic laceration and pharyngeal pseudodiverticulum mimicking EA. The authors discuss the diagnostic characteristics and management of such a situation.

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