A form of incomplete oesophageal obstruction due to a developmental defect of the primitive foregut. Abnormal narrowing of the oesophagus occurs most often at the junction of the middle and lower thirds. Clinical manifestations, apparent 2 to 3 weeks after birth, include dysphagia and progressive vomiting.
Also indexed as
Congenital stenosis of oesophagusCongenital stenosis or stricture of oesophagusCongenital stricture of oesophaguscongenital oesophageal stenosiscongenital oesophageal stricture
Nearby in Structural developmental anomalies of oesophagus