Hepatic Injury without Granulomatous Formation Associated with Intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Therapy
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Granulomatous hepatitis, choroiditis and aortoduodenal fistula complicating intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guérin therapy: Case report
BACKGROUND Intravesical instillation of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is the treatment of choice for superficial bladder carcinoma. Complications of BCG therapy include local infections and disseminated BCG infection with multiple endorgan complications. CASE PRESENTATION We report a case of disseminated, post-treatment BCG infection that initially presented with granulomatous hepatitis and ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Internal Medicine
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0918-2918,1349-7235
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.2073-18