Tuberculous prostatic abscess following intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guérin immunotherapy
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Tuberculous Prostatic Abscess with Prostatorectal Fistula after Intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Immunotherapy
Intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) immunotherapy is a common treatment modality for bladder cancer after transurethral resection of a bladder tumor. This therapy is generally safe, and development of a prostatic abscess with a prostatorectal fistula after intravesical BCG immunotherapy is a very rare complication. This finding was incidentally obtained by the authors, who examined a pa...
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عنوان ژورنال: Chinese Medical Journal
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0366-6999
DOI: 10.1097/cm9.0000000000000414