Open AccessNewly discovered variant of oesophageal atresia: ‘Type Y’
Author(s) -
Dina Fouad,
Alexander Macdonald,
Nordeen Bouhadiba,
Iain Yardley
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
bmj case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.231
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 1757-790X
DOI - 10.1136/bcr-2018-226593
Subject(s) - medicine , fistula , atresia , bronchoscopy , radiology , surgery , general surgery
Multiple variations of oesophageal atresia (OA) have been described. We present two cases of a new variant of OA ('Type Y') where the fistula enters the trachea in a Y-shaped configuration. Awareness of this is important. Bronchoscopy will reveal a single fistula opening and therefore there will initially be no suspicion of anatomical variation. It may be that only one bifurcation of the 'Y' fistula is patent which poses a risk of incomplete fistula closure.