Laryngotracheoesophageal cleft, a rare differential diagnosis of esophageal atresia
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Delabaere, Amélie; Bruhat, Clément; Briac, Thierry; Delabaere, Amelie; Labbé, André; Lémery, Didier; Laurichesse-Delmas, Hélène; Gallot, Denis
- Source
- Journal of Gynecology Obstetrics and Human Reproduction
Journal of Gynecology Obstetrics and Human Reproduction, Elsevier, 2018, 47 (10), pp.577-579. ⟨10.1016/j.jogoh.2018.09.003⟩
Journal of Gynecology Obstetrics and Human Reproduction, 2018, 47 (10), pp.577-579. ⟨10.1016/j.jogoh.2018.09.003⟩
- Subject
- Adult
Polyhydramnios
Larynx
[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio]
Prenatal diagnosis
[SDV.MHEP.GEO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Gynecology and obstetrics
Ultrasonography, Prenatal
Congenital Abnormalities
Diagnosis, Differential
03 medical and health sciences
Esophagus
0302 clinical medicine
Pregnancy
Pathognomonic
medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Esophageal Atresia
ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS
030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine
business.industry
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Anatomy
Laryngeal cleft
medicine.disease
Trachea
medicine.anatomical_structure
Reproductive Medicine
Atresia
Female
Differential diagnosis
medicine.symptom
Pouch
business
[SDV.MHEP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology
- Language
- ISSN
- 2468-7847
A laryngotracheoesophageal cleft, commonly called laryngeal cleft (LC), is a congenital malformation of the posterior part of the larynx creating an abnormal communication between the laryngotracheal axis and the pharyngoesophageal axis. The prenatal ultrasonographic features associating absent stomach, polyhydramnios and mediastinal "pouch sign" are usually considered pathognomonic for esophageal atresia. This observation demonstrates that they can also correspond to a severe form of laryngotracheoesophageal cleft extending to the carina.