Reiter syndrome following intracavitary BCG administration.
BCG vaccine was given intravesically to a patient with bladder tumour. After the fifth dose she developed bilateral conjunctivitis, painful swelling in her wrist, dysuria and arthritis in her left knee and right metacarpophalangial joints. The diagnosis was Reiter syndrome and is the second case in the literature.
Saporta
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L
Department of Urology, Sisli Etfal Teaching Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
Gumus
E
E
Karadag
H
H
Kuran
B
B
Miroglu
C
C
D000283:Administration, Intravesical; D000328:Adult; D016918:Arthritis, Reactive / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis; D001500:BCG Vaccine / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*
D001500:BCG Vaccine