Open AccessCombined oesophageal atresia with upper pouch fistula and meconium peritonitis
Author(s) -
Andre Theron,
Jerome Loveland,
Jaishree Naidoo,
Anne Elisabeth Theron
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
african journal of paediatric surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.163
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 0189-6725
pISSN - 0974-5998
DOI - 10.4103/0189-6725.99407
Subject(s) - medicine , pouch , tracheoesophageal fistula , atresia , meconium peritonitis , meconium , fistula , surgery , peritonitis , presentation (obstetrics) , meconium ileus , general surgery , pregnancy , fetus , biology , genetics
Upper pouch tracheoesophageal fistula occurs is less than 1% of all oesophageal atresia variants. Meconium peritonitis is a rare neonatal condition with an incidence of 1:30 000 live births. In this case report, we describe the presentation, clinical findings and management of a patient diagnosed with an oesophageal atresia with upper pouch fistula as well as meconium peritonitis. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case such as this described in published literature.