Disseminated pulmonary granulomas after intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guérin immunotherapy.
Intravesical instillation of bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine has been shown to be an effective treatment of superficial bladder cancer. However, it is not free of side-effects and complications. We present the case of a 62-year-old man who developed disseminated pulmonary granulomas after local BCG immunotherapy for recurrent papillary bladder cancer.
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Service of Pneumology, University Hospital La Fé, Valencia, Spain.
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Prieto
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Perpiñá
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D001500:BCG Vaccine / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006099:Granuloma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*
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