[A rare complication of antineoplastic BCG therapy: pulmonary tuberculosis].
Local treatment with intra vesical BCG for bladder carcinoma have few complications. Pulmonary side effects are rare, like interstitial pneumonitis. We report a case of a 77-year-old man, treated with BCG for bladder carcinoma who developed illness and tumoral chest-X-ray opacity. Mycobacterium tuberculosis bovis was isolated in culture and 2 years after in sputum. Physio pathologic mechanism of pulmonary features remains controversial, however this case suggest that lung lesions can be result of an infection process.
Fenniche
S
S
Service Ibn Nafiss, Hôpital A. Mami Ariana, Tunisie.
Hasséne
H
H
Attia
S
S
Fkih
L
L
Bousnina
S
S
Cheikh
K
K
Belhabib
D
D
Megdiche
M L
ML
D000368:Aged; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001500:BCG Vaccine / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009163:Mycobacterium bovis / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000139:chemically induced*; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy
D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D001500:BCG Vaccine
Une complication rare de la BCG therapie antineoplasique: la tuberculose pulmonaire.