[Pulmonary echinococcosis--primary site of Echinococcus cysticus].
The liver is the preferred organ of echinococcus cysticus, however in 20% of the cases cysts are found in the lung. Case report on a 54-year-old woman who was admitted to the hospital with an echinococcus cysticus in the left upper lobe. Differential-diagnostic problems, therapeutic possibility and prognostic aspects of echinococcus of lung are discussed.
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004445:Echinococcosis, Pulmonary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011859:Radiography
Der Lungenechinokokkus--primäre Lokalisation des Echinococcus cysticus.