H-type Tracheoesophageal Fistula: A Rare Cause of Cough and Dysphagia in Adults

Tracheoesophageal fistula without associated esophageal atresia (H-type) is a rare congenital anomaly, accounting for about 4% of esophageal malformations. However, it can occasionally be seen in adults with chronic cough and respiratory infections. We present a 38-year-old woman with a new diagnosi...

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Autores principales: Bank, Jeffrey, Voaklander, Rebecca, Sossenheimer, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7725248/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33324711
http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.0000000000000492
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description Tracheoesophageal fistula without associated esophageal atresia (H-type) is a rare congenital anomaly, accounting for about 4% of esophageal malformations. However, it can occasionally be seen in adults with chronic cough and respiratory infections. We present a 38-year-old woman with a new diagnosis of H-type tracheoesophageal fistula.
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spelling pubmed-77252482020-12-14 H-type Tracheoesophageal Fistula: A Rare Cause of Cough and Dysphagia in Adults Bank, Jeffrey Voaklander, Rebecca Sossenheimer, Michael ACG Case Rep J Case Report Tracheoesophageal fistula without associated esophageal atresia (H-type) is a rare congenital anomaly, accounting for about 4% of esophageal malformations. However, it can occasionally be seen in adults with chronic cough and respiratory infections. We present a 38-year-old woman with a new diagnosis of H-type tracheoesophageal fistula. Wolters Kluwer 2020-12-08 /pmc/articles/PMC7725248/ /pubmed/33324711 http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.0000000000000492 Text en © 2020 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of The American College of Gastroenterology. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (CCBY-NC-ND) (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) , where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially without permission from the journal.
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title_full H-type Tracheoesophageal Fistula: A Rare Cause of Cough and Dysphagia in Adults
title_fullStr H-type Tracheoesophageal Fistula: A Rare Cause of Cough and Dysphagia in Adults
title_full_unstemmed H-type Tracheoesophageal Fistula: A Rare Cause of Cough and Dysphagia in Adults
title_short H-type Tracheoesophageal Fistula: A Rare Cause of Cough and Dysphagia in Adults
title_sort h-type tracheoesophageal fistula: a rare cause of cough and dysphagia in adults
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