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Review
. 2001 Feb;58(2):71-5.
doi: 10.1016/s0300-2977(00)00098-x.

BCG immunotherapy: be cautious of granulomas. Disseminated BCG infection and mycotic aneurysm as late complications of intravesical BCG instillations

J T Kamphuis  1 , A G Buiting, J F Miseré, D P van Berge Henegouwen, D van Soolingen, P L Rensma
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BCG immunotherapy: be cautious of granulomas. Disseminated BCG infection and mycotic aneurysm as late complications of intravesical BCG instillations

J T Kamphuis et al. Neth J Med. 2001 Feb.

Abstract

We describe a 65-year-old man with a granulomatous hepatitis and a progressive mycotic aneurysm of the abdominal aorta. One year before he received intravesical bacillus Calmette--Guérin (BCG) for carcinoma of the bladder without any complaints. Only post-mortem investigations could confirm that he suffered from a systemic BCG infection. Literature is reviewed for this rare complication.

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