Presentation
Aspiration during early feeding.
Patient Data
Age: 4 days
Gender: Male
From the case:
Esophageal atresia
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Frontal projection x-ray shows normal chest and abdominal radiographic findings including normal GI gas pattern.
From the case:
Esophageal atresia
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- the patient was given the non-ionic contrast through unsuccessful placed NG tube
- upper part of esophagus was opacified showing significant dilatation with abrupt cut off
- no distal passage was noted
- then the given contrast was brought out to avoid aspiration
Case Discussion
The constellation of features are consistent with esophageal atresia type C (proximal esophageal atresia with distal tracheo-esophageal fistula)