A case of 50 pneumonias in 13 years.

J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol

*Tracheal Disease Research Center †Air Pollution and Occupational Respiratory Disease Research Center ‡Clinical Tuberculosis and Epidemiology Research Center, NRITLD, Massih Daneshvary Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University, MC, Tehran, Iran.

Published: April 2009

An acquired tracheal pouch or diverticulum can be a sequel to congenital esophageal atresia-tracheoesophageal fistula repair. There are variable clinical presentations of this complication, which can be misdiagnosed as asthma. We report a patient with recurrent pneumonia and chronic cough with history of esophageal atresia/tracheoesophageal fistula repair that was dually diagnosed and successfully managed.

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