Unusual Cause of Esophageal Obstruction in a Neonate Presenting as Esophageal Atresia

Esophageal atresia is the commonest cause of obstruction to esophageal lumen in neonates. Foreign bodies in newborns are extremely rare. We report a rare case of esophageal obstruction closely mimicking atresia due to foreign bodies inserted in a female neonate with homicidal intension.

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Autores principales: Pujar, Vijay C, Joshi, Shirin S, Dhaded, Sangappa M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: EL-MED-Pub 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4420298/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26023467
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spelling pubmed-44202982015-05-28 Unusual Cause of Esophageal Obstruction in a Neonate Presenting as Esophageal Atresia Pujar, Vijay C Joshi, Shirin S Dhaded, Sangappa M J Neonatal Surg Case Report Esophageal atresia is the commonest cause of obstruction to esophageal lumen in neonates. Foreign bodies in newborns are extremely rare. We report a rare case of esophageal obstruction closely mimicking atresia due to foreign bodies inserted in a female neonate with homicidal intension. EL-MED-Pub 2013-10-01 /pmc/articles/PMC4420298/ /pubmed/26023467 Text en Copyright © 2013 Pujar et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Unusual Cause of Esophageal Obstruction in a Neonate Presenting as Esophageal Atresia
title Unusual Cause of Esophageal Obstruction in a Neonate Presenting as Esophageal Atresia
title_full Unusual Cause of Esophageal Obstruction in a Neonate Presenting as Esophageal Atresia
title_fullStr Unusual Cause of Esophageal Obstruction in a Neonate Presenting as Esophageal Atresia
title_full_unstemmed Unusual Cause of Esophageal Obstruction in a Neonate Presenting as Esophageal Atresia
title_short Unusual Cause of Esophageal Obstruction in a Neonate Presenting as Esophageal Atresia
title_sort unusual cause of esophageal obstruction in a neonate presenting as esophageal atresia
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4420298/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26023467
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