Congenital Esophageal Stenosis due to Tracheobronchial Remnants - 3 Case Reports -

기관기관지 잔유조직에 의한 선천성 식도협착증 수술 치험 -3예 보고-

Congenital esophageal stenosis due to tracheobronchial remnants is a rare anomaly, resulting in dysphagia and recurrent pneumonia, We have experienced three cases of csophageal stenosis due to ectopic tracheobronchial remnants and performed operative correction. Two patients were 20 months and five year old male with a chief complaints of swallowing difficulty from birth and the other was a twenty three year old female with a slowly increasing symptom of dysphagia for twenty years. Esophagogram of the patient with tracheobronchial remnants shows abrupt narrow segment at distal esophagus with marked proximal dilatation, and linear barium collections perpendicularly projecting from the stenotic esophagus. All of them were performed surgical correction by esophagectomy of the stenotic portion and esopahgo-gastrostomy with anti-reflux procedures, The resected specimens of these patients showed ectopic tracheobronchial chondroepithelial tissue within the esophageal wall histopathologically. Postoperative course was uneventful and have been in good condition without any problems.