Systemic granulomatous reaction secondary to treatment of bladder cancer with Bacillus Calmette-Guerin

Systemic granulomatous reaction secondary to treatment of bladder cancer with Bacillus Calmette-Guerin

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<p>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-immun...

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Main Authors: Caterina Giovanna Valentini, Valentina Bozzoli, Anna Rita Larici, Luigi Maria Larocca, Giovanni Delogu, Giuseppe Leone, Livio Pagano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2012-01-01
Series:Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
granulomatous hepatitis
bone marrow granulomatosis
Bacillus Calmette-Guerin
bladder carcinoma
lymphoma
Online Access:http://www.mjhid.org/article/view/10186
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spelling doaj-f428a2cc848d4dd58e58bc5dea5620a72020-11-25T00:01:44ZengPAGEPress PublicationsMediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases2035-30062012-01-0141e2012040e2012040Systemic granulomatous reaction secondary to treatment of bladder cancer with Bacillus Calmette-GuerinCaterina Giovanna ValentiniValentina BozzoliAnna Rita LariciLuigi Maria LaroccaGiovanni DeloguGiuseppe LeoneLivio Pagano<p>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.</p>http://www.mjhid.org/article/view/10186granulomatous hepatitisbone marrow granulomatosisBacillus Calmette-Guerinbladder carcinomalymphoma
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author Caterina Giovanna Valentini
Valentina Bozzoli
Anna Rita Larici
Luigi Maria Larocca
Giovanni Delogu
Giuseppe Leone
Livio Pagano
spellingShingle Caterina Giovanna Valentini
Valentina Bozzoli
Anna Rita Larici
Luigi Maria Larocca
Giovanni Delogu
Giuseppe Leone
Livio Pagano
Systemic granulomatous reaction secondary to treatment of bladder cancer with Bacillus Calmette-Guerin
Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases
granulomatous hepatitis
bone marrow granulomatosis
Bacillus Calmette-Guerin
bladder carcinoma
lymphoma
author_facet Caterina Giovanna Valentini
Valentina Bozzoli
Anna Rita Larici
Luigi Maria Larocca
Giovanni Delogu
Giuseppe Leone
Livio Pagano
author_sort Caterina Giovanna Valentini
title Systemic granulomatous reaction secondary to treatment of bladder cancer with Bacillus Calmette-Guerin
title_short Systemic granulomatous reaction secondary to treatment of bladder cancer with Bacillus Calmette-Guerin
title_full Systemic granulomatous reaction secondary to treatment of bladder cancer with Bacillus Calmette-Guerin
title_fullStr Systemic granulomatous reaction secondary to treatment of bladder cancer with Bacillus Calmette-Guerin
title_full_unstemmed Systemic granulomatous reaction secondary to treatment of bladder cancer with Bacillus Calmette-Guerin
title_sort systemic granulomatous reaction secondary to treatment of bladder cancer with bacillus calmette-guerin
publisher PAGEPress Publications
series Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases
issn 2035-3006
publishDate 2012-01-01
description <p>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.</p>
topic granulomatous hepatitis
bone marrow granulomatosis
Bacillus Calmette-Guerin
bladder carcinoma
lymphoma
url http://www.mjhid.org/article/view/10186
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