H-type tracheoesophageal fistula masquerading as achalasia cardia in a 13-year-old child

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 215-216

  Ng, Joanne ^a   Bartram, Jack ^a   Antao, Brice ^a   Everard, Mark ^a   Shawis, Rang ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Achalasia cardia; H type; Mega oesophagus; Tracheoesophageal fistula

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSPASM; CARDIOESOPHAGOMYOTOMY; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; H TYPE TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; HUMAN; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSTERNAL PAIN; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; VOMITING; WHEEZING;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

EID: 33645290521     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2006.00833.x     Document Type: Article

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