Congenital Tracheoesophageal Fistula without Esophageal Atresia

Abstract

THE presence of a fistulous communication between the esophagus and trachea, without an accompanying esophageal atresia, is rarely reported and is not familiar to many physicians. The classification of congenital anomalies of the esophagus with tracheoesophageal fistula, as reported by Vogt¹ and Ladd and Swenson,² is known to most pediatricians.A brief historical review of this unusual type of anomaly has been published.³ Recently, in a review of the English literature, Ware and Cross⁴ were able to find 26 cases, to which they added 1 of their own. We could find only 10 cases with reported post-mortem findings. In 1917 . . .