TYPE-2 TRACHEAL AGENESIS WITHOUT TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA

Tracheal agenesis is a potentially lethal congenital anomaly first des cribed by Payne in 1900 [1]. It can occur in isolation or in associati on with tracheoesophageal (TO) or bronchoesophageal (BO) fistula, card iovascular anomalies, limb deformities, vertebral anomalies and gastro intestinal tract abnormalities [2]. There are 47 reported cases of tra cheal agenesis up to 1989; 45 of these were associated with TO fistula [2]. Another 15 cases of tracheal agenesis have been reported since t hen, and all have been associated with TO fistula. We report only the third case of type 2 tracheal agenesis without TO fistula. (C) 1997 El sevier Science Ireland Ltd.