Congenital Anomalies

Question 1

TOF - What types most common

Answer 1

TYPE C - Blind ending oesphageal sack, distal tracheo-eosophageal fistula

//
8% type A - Eosphageal atresia only

//
1-3% B (EA with prox TOF)
Type D( EA with prox and distal TOF)
Type E - TOF, No EA, “H-type)l

Question 2

What is Meckle’s rule of 2’s?

Answer 2

2% of population (and 50% of significant painless PR bleeds in <2yrs)
2 feet from Ileocaecal valve (towards illeum)
2 inches in long
2 types of tisse (Gastric and Pancreatic tissue)
Presents before 2 years of age (up to first decade)
Twice as common in females as to male