tubular duplication of the esophagus
MONDO:0015051Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names tubular duplication of the esophagus yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Tubular duplication of the esophagous is a rare congenital malformation where a second structure with individual lumen and stratified squamous mucosa and muscularis mucosa lies within or adjacent to the true esophagus causing dysphagia, nausea, vomiting, retrosternal pain and respiratory problems (stridor and recurrent pneumonia) and usually presenting in children.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0015051), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of