Oesophageal perforation is a rarely reported complication of transoesophageal echocardiography in infants. This case involves a 3.1-kg neonate with Trisomy 21, atrioventricular septal defect, and hypoplastic aortic arch undergoing aortic arch advancement and pulmonary artery banding. A paediatric transoesophageal echocardiography probe was placed intraoperatively causing a contained false passage from the oesophagus below the cricopharyngeus muscle with extension into the left posterior mediastinum. The perforation healed within 2 weeks without permanent sequelae after conservative medical management.
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Miller, J. W., Hart, C. K., & Statile, C. J. (2015). Oesophageal perforation in a neonate during transoesophageal echocardiography for cardiac surgery. Cardiology in the Young, 25(5), 1015–1018. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1047951114001632
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