title: Utility of 67Ga scintigraphy in disseminated infection after BCG instillation for treatment of bladder carcinoma.
abstract: Intravesical instillations of bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG), an attenuated live strain of Mycobacterium bovis, is the treatment of choice for superficial bladder cancer. Local side effects are frequent, although adverse systemic reactions are uncommon, but more serious. We present 2 patients who developed disseminated M. bovis infection with multiorgan involvement after intravesical BCG therapy. (67)Ga scintigraphy was very helpful for the diagnosis as the only imaging tool with pathological findings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hospital Universitario Infanta Cristina, Badajoz, Spain. mluzovi@yahoo.es
authors.forename: Maria Luz
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Dominguez
authors.forename: Avelino
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ortiz
authors.forename: Juan Ignacio
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Rayo
authors.forename: Justo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Serrano
authors.forename: Jose Rafael
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Infante
authors.forename: Lucia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Garcia
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Duran
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009163:Mycobacterium bovis / Q000502:physiology*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes