Rozeta Sokou, Anastasia Batsiou, Aikaterini Konstantinidi, Paschalia Kopanou-Taliaka, Marina Tsaousi, Maria Lampridou, Evangelia-Filothei Tavoulari, Konstantinos Mitropoulos, Paraskevi Liakou, Stamatina Willadara-Gamage, Petros V Vlastarakos, Zoi Iliodromiti, Theodora Boutsikou, Nicoletta Iacovidou
We present a case of a preterm neonate with a type IV laryngo-tracheo-oesophageal cleft, an uncommon congenital malformation, resulting from the failure of separation of the trachea and the oesophagus during fetal development, often associated with other deformities as well. Data in the literature shows that the long-term morbidity from the entity has declined over the last decades, even though prognosis remains unfavourable for types III and IV. This report emphasizes the complex issues neonatologists are faced with, when treating neonates with this rare disorder in the first days of life, what will raise suspicion of this rare medical entity, and that direct laryngoscopy/bronchoscopy finally depicts the exact extension of the medical condition...
2024: Prague Medical Report