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JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC SURGERY
Volume 44, Issue 3, Pages 607-615Publisher
W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2008.09.012
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Foregut embryogenesis; Tracheoesophageal chamber; Lung primordium; Mucociliary cascade; Escalator; Tracheobronchial tree
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Background/Purpose: This study examines and challenges the evidence-based legitimacy of the theory, the lung primordium is an outpouching front the foregut. Method: A literature review was undertaken using computer database, journals, and relevant anatomical and embryological texts. Results: The independent path of development taken by the tracheobronchial system and the oesophagus once identified as separate entities; the lack of morphologic, molecular, biological, and genetic supportive evidence for the common-origin theory; the distinct longitudinal line of demarcation between the nonsegmented muscles of the esophagus and the highly segmented cartilaginous structure of the tracheobronchial tree; the absence of a tracheoesophageal septum in the process of separation; the differences in epithelial lining; and the diametrically opposed mucociliary cascade of the upper airway vs the mucociliary escalator of the tracheobronchial tree all seriously challenge the authenticity of a common origin to these 2 entities. Conclusion: To the extent that the foregut is seen as consisting of 2 separate semitubular splanchnopleuric entities ventrodorsally juxtaposed, it is true that the lung primordium as an outpouching of, and not from, the foregut. This must never be confused with the notion that the esophagus and tracheobronchial tree have a common origin. In fact, they develop from 2 completely separate segments of the trilaminar germ disk, but because of head fold development are brought together to create a common tracheoesophageal chamber that is later separated, facilitated by the prochordal membrane diverticulum. (C) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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