Congenital Abnormality
esophageal duplication
e·soph·a·ge·al du·pli·ca·tion
Definitions related to esophageal duplication:
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A congenital abnormality characterized by the presence of a duplicated segment of the esophagus. The duplicated segment may by tubular or cystic.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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A developmental disorder in which there is a duplication of a portion of the muscle and submucosa of the esophagus without epithelial duplication.Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
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