Type-IV laryngotracheoesophageal cleft detected during fetoscopic endoluminal tracheal occlusion in fetus with severe congenital diaphragmatic hernia

Yüksel, Mehmet AytaçTayyar, Ahmet2020-04-172020-04-172020Yüksel, M. A. ve Tayyar, A. (2020). Type-IV laryngotracheoesophageal cleft detected during fetoscopic endoluminal tracheal occlusion in fetus with severe congenital diaphragmatic hernia. Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 55(2), 276-277. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/uog.203550960-76921469-0705https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12511/5152https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/uog.20355Laryngotracheoesophageal (LTE) clefts are rare congeni-tal defects caused by the failure of the tracheoesophagealseptum to form. They are classi?ed into four types basedon the extent of the cleft. Type I involves a small cleftbetween the arytenoid cartilages, whereas Type IV refersto a complete cleft of the larynx, trachea and esopha-gus that extends to the carina and results in a commonesophageal and tracheal lumen1. We report here a case ofa presumed isolated severe left-sided congenital diaphrag-matic hernia (CDH) in which a Type-IV LTE cleft wasdiagnosed incidentally during fetoscopic endoluminal tra-cheal occlusion (FETO).eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccessFetoscopic EndoluminalFetusCongenital DiaphragmaticType-IV laryngotracheoesophageal cleft detected during fetoscopic endoluminal tracheal occlusion in fetus with severe congenital diaphragmatic herniaLetter55227627710.1002/uog.20355Q1Q1