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Tracheal agenesis is described in a premature infant. Absent cry, failure of tracheal intubation despite adequate ventilation with a face mask, and ventilation of both lungs after oesophageal intubation suggested the diagnosis. The infant's condition deteriorated rapidly because of severe pulmonary hyaline membrane disease 12 h later due to intractable cardiac failure. At post-mortem examination, large bilateral broncho-oesophageal fistulae were found.
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Statz, T., Lynch, J., Ortmann, M. et al. Tracheal agenesis: A case report. Eur J Pediatr 149, 203–204 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01958282
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