title: [Cough, vomiting, rapid weight loss].
abstract: A young male patient from Somalia presented with a productive cough since a few days, and he complained about vomiting after meals and a rapid loss of weight of 20 kg. Endoscopic, radiological and clinical examinations revealed a broncho-esophageal fistula. Further examinations showed mycobacterium tuberculosis as the underlying cause of the disease; a malignancy was excluded. Antituberculous treatment resulted in the loss of the present symptoms as well as in a clinical and endoscopic closure of the fistula.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Universitäts-Poliklinik, Bonn.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Oertel
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Seewald
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Heidgen
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Vetter
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001983:Bronchial Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D003371:Cough / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004937:Esophageal Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008477:Mediastinal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D014388:Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D014839:Vomiting / Q000209:etiology; D015431:Weight Loss
vernacular_title: Husten, Erbrechen, rascher Gewichtsverlust.