Foreign body induced tracheoesophageal fistula in a pediatric patient with a misdiagnosis: case report and review of literature.

FOREIGN BODY INDUCED TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA IN A PEDIATRIC PATIENT WITH A MISDIAGNOSIS: CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF LITERATURE. Ethiop Med J. 2015 Oct;53(4):209-13 Authors: Tadesse A, Befekadu M, Getachew H, Bezabih A, Derbew M Abstract Acquired tracheoesophageal fistulae can be diagnosed clinically by features such as cough elicited by swallowing but symptoms can be mild. Here, we report a case of a foreign body induced trachea-esophageal fistula in a 2 year and 6 months old male child with a chronic cough who had long been misdiagnosed and mismanaged. PMID: 27182587 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Ethiopian Medical Journal - Category: African Health Tags: Ethiop Med J Source Type: research