title: [BCGitis as a cause of mediastinal tumor].
abstract: In a one year old female infant BCG-vaccinated as a neonate, a large mediastinal mass was found after routine examination. X-ray and CT scan suggested a teratoma. Histology and microbiology, however, revealed the diagnosis of an active tuberculosis. Thus, the tumor was caused by mediastinal BCGitis. To our knowledge this complication of BCG-vaccination has not yet been described.
authors.affiliation: Universitäts-Kinderklinik Tübingen.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wolff
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dopfer
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hassberg
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Niethammer
mesh_terms: D001500:BCG Vaccine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007538:Isoniazid / Q000008:administration & dosage; D008477:Mediastinal Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000473:pathology; D012293:Rifampin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D013908:Thoracotomy; D014375:Tuberculoma / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D001500:BCG Vaccine; D007538:Isoniazid; D012293:Rifampin
vernacular_title: BCGitis als Ursache eines Mediastinaltumors.