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What types of tracheo-oesophageal fistula present with a gasless abdomen?
Types A and B. Type A = isolated oesophageal atresia (8%) Type B = proximal fistula with distal atresia (1%)
Which other intestinal atresias are associated with tracheo-oesophageal fistula?
Duodenal, jejunal, ileal and anal atresias.
There is curling of a nasogastric tube in the superior mediastinum with gas seen in the stomach and small bowel loops representing proximal oesophageal atresia with distal tracheo-oesophageal fistula.