Intravesical instillation of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin is the elective treatment for transitional cell and in situ bladder carcinoma. Severe complications occur very seldom, but must be known and promptly recognized. We describe the case of a 48-year-old man, treated with chemo-immunotherapy ten years before for a follicular lymphoma, who developed a systemic granulomatous reaction after his twelfth intravescical BCG instillation for bladder cancer.
Valentini, C., Bozzoli, V., Larici, A. R., Larocca, L. M., Delogu, G., Leone, G., Pagano, L., Systemic granulomatous reaction secondary to treatment of bladder cancer with Bacillus Calmette-Guerin, <<MEDITERRANEAN JOURNAL OF HEMATOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES>>, 2012; 4 (1): N/A-N/A. [doi:10.4084/mjhid.2012.040] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/39875]
Systemic granulomatous reaction secondary to treatment of bladder cancer with Bacillus Calmette-Guerin
Valentini, Chiara;Bozzoli, Valentina;Larici, Anna Rita;Larocca, Luigi Maria;Delogu, Giovanni;Leone, Giuseppe;Pagano, Livio
2012
Abstract
Intravesical instillation of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin is the elective treatment for transitional cell and in situ bladder carcinoma. Severe complications occur very seldom, but must be known and promptly recognized. We describe the case of a 48-year-old man, treated with chemo-immunotherapy ten years before for a follicular lymphoma, who developed a systemic granulomatous reaction after his twelfth intravescical BCG instillation for bladder cancer.
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