title: Tuberculous aneurysm of the femoral artery: a complication of bacille Calmette-Guérin vaccine immunotherapy--a case report.
abstract: A case of bilateral femoral mycotic aneurysms resulting from bacille Calmette-Guérin vaccine, is reported in a 74-year-old man treated by intravesical immunotherapy. The diagnosis was made after histologic and bacteriologic examinations and biochemical analysis of the acid-fast-baccilli. Treatment consisted of resection and replacement of the femoral arteries, with an expanded polytetrafluoroethylene graft on the left side and a saphenous vein graft on the right side. After surgery the patient was treated with antituberculous chemotherapy for 1 year. The patient was doing well 18 months later.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Hôpital Tenon, Paris, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bornet
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pujade
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lacaine
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bazelly
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Paquet
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Roland
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Huguier
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000785:Aneurysm, Infected / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D001500:BCG Vaccine / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007167:Immunotherapy; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D014381:Tuberculosis, Cardiovascular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*
chemical_list: D001500:BCG Vaccine