Esophageal malformations. (A) The esophagus ends in a blind pouch with a fistula between the distal esophagus and trachea. (B) Esophageal atresia without fistula. (C) Tracheoesophageal fistula without esophageal atresia. (From Bowden, VR, Dickey, SB, and Greenberg, CS: Children and Their Families: The Continuum of Care. WB Saunders, Philadelphia, 1999, p 105.)
