Intermittent gaseous bowel distention: Atypical sign of congenital tracheoesophageal fistula

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 244-248

  Gardella, Chiara ^a   Tomà, Paolo ^a   Sacco, Oliviero ^a   Girosi, Donata ^a   Panigada, Serena ^a   Battistini, Elena ^a   Mattioli, Girolamo ^a   Jasonni, Vincenzo ^a   Rossi, Giovanni A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Gastric distention; Imaging; Tracheoesophageal fistula

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTESTINE DISTENSION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SCHOOL CHILD; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA;

ADOLESCENT; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GASES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; INTESTINES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA;

EID: 66749116644     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: 10990496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.20987     Document Type: Article

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