A case of epidermolysis bullosa dystrophicans with congenital esophageal atresia

A two-hour-old female with epidermolysis bullosa hereditaria (EBH) and a congenital esophageal atresia at the level of the sixth thoracic vertebra is described. A tube gastrostomy was performed on day 3; she died of sepsis on day 6. On autopsy, esophagoal atresia was membranous without any fistula.