title: [Metastatic echinococcosis as a rare differential diagnosis of therapy refractory bronchitis].
abstract: In a 68 year old male german patient we found a transdiaphragmatic perforation of a superinfected liver echinococcus granulosus cyst into the bronchial system as cause of a purulent bronchitis resistant to treatment. After operative removal and oversewing of diaphragm bronchitis was cured and the patient could be discharged.
authors.affiliation: Städtisches Klinikum Fulda, Akademisches Lehrkrankenhaus der Universität Marburg.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jaspersen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wzatek
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001983:Bronchial Fistula / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D001991:Bronchitis / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003964:Diaphragm / Q000601:surgery; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D004445:Echinococcosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
vernacular_title: Organüberschreitende Echinokokkose als seltene Differentialdiagnose einer therapieresistenten Bronchitis.