Disseminated pulmonary granulomas after intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guérin immunotherapy

Respiration. 1997;64(4):304-6. doi: 10.1159/000196693.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • BCG Vaccine / adverse effects*
  • BCG Vaccine / therapeutic use
  • Granuloma / diagnostic imaging
  • Granuloma / etiology*
  • Granuloma / pathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Radiography
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / diagnostic imaging
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / etiology*
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / pathology
  • Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / therapy*

Substances

  • BCG Vaccine