isolated tracheo-esophageal fistula
Findings
No curated finding names isolated tracheo-esophageal fistula yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A rare, congenital, esophageal disorder characterized by the presence of an abnormal connection between the esophagus and the trachea (typically occurring in the lower cervical or upper thoracic area and taking an oblique path upward to trachea), without concomitant esophageal atresia. Depending on the size of the lumen, presentation varies from neonatal episodes of choking and cyanosis on feeding to subtle symptoms of wheezing and recurrent respiratory infections in childhood or early adulthood.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0018694), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
10 features
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, annotations 2026-09-02.
- Choking episodesHPOHP:0030842
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Feeding difficulties in infancyHPOHP:0008872
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Recurrent coughing spasmsHPOHP:0033362
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Recurrent pneumoniaHPOHP:0006532
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Abdominal distentionHPOHP:0003270
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Cyanotic episodeHPOHP:0200048
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Failure to thrive
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
3 names
Resolves to: isolated tracheo-esophageal fistula
- Also called
- H-type tracheoesophageal fistulatracheo-esophageal fistulatracheoesophageal fistula