Esophageal atresia (classification)

Last revised by Joshua Yap on 6 Feb 2023

Esophageal atresia is closely related to tracheo-esophageal fistula and can be divided into1:

  • type A: isolated esophageal atresia (8%)
  • type B: proximal fistula with distal atresia (1%)
  • type C: proximal atresia with distal fistula (85%)
  • type D: double fistula with intervening atresia (1%)
  • type E: isolated fistula (H-type) (4%)

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Cases and figures

  • Figure 1: type A
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  • Figure 2: type B
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  • Figure 3: type C
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  • Figure 4: type D
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  • Figure 5: type E
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  • Case 1: type C
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  • Case 2: type E
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