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Endobronchial echinococcosis presenting as non‐resolving pneumonia
Author(s) -
LevTzion Raffi,
Goldbart Aviv D.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
pediatric pulmonology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.866
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1099-0496
pISSN - 8755-6863
DOI - 10.1002/ppul.21597
Subject(s) - medicine , pneumonia , echinococcosis , echinococcus , radiology , respiratory disease , radiography , lung , pathology
Abstract Hydatid disease of the lungs is caused by larval cysts of the Echinococcus tapeworm. Pulmonary cysts may occasionally invade bronchi or pleura as a result of coughing, trauma, or elevated intra‐abdominal pressure. We present the case of a patient evaluated for non‐resolving pneumonia whose radiographic and bronchoscopic findings were strikingly similar to those seen in pulmonary tuberculosis with endobronchial invasion; he was ultimately diagnosed with pulmonary echinococcosis. This case underscores the importance of considering unusual diagnoses even when typical features of more common conditions are present. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2012; 47:716–718. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.