Congenital bronchobiliary fistula in a newborn: a case report
Yujuan Wang, Ping Zha · 2026
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Yujuan Wang and Ping Zha present in 2026 the case of a newborn girl whose windpipe was connected by a rare birth defect directly to her bile ducts. The condition, congenital bronchobiliary fistula, is usually mistaken for pneumonia because babies simply cough and struggle to breathe. This eight-day-old infant worsened over four days, and yellow-green fluid appeared in her breathing tube.
A camera inspection of the airway found an abnormal opening midway down the trachea, and imaging traced a channel running toward the liver. During surgery the channel was followed to the diaphragm opening, and dye injected through it flowed through the bile system into the intestine, confirming the diagnosis before removal. The baby left the ventilator on day ten and thrived afterward. The authors stress bronchoscopy as the surest test.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Yujuan Wang, Ping Zha |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 39673 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |