MEDIASTINAL TUMOR FOLLOWING VACCINATION A GAINST TUBERCULOSIS

Authors
WOLFF M DOPFER R HASSBERG D NIETHAMMER D
Citation
M. Wolff et al., MEDIASTINAL TUMOR FOLLOWING VACCINATION A GAINST TUBERCULOSIS, Monatsschrift fur Kinderheilkunde, 141(5), 1993, pp. 409-411
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
Monatsschrift fur Kinderheilkunde → ACNP
ISSN journal
00269298
Volume
141
Issue
5
Year of publication
1993
Pages
409 - 411
Database
ISI
SICI code
0026-9298(1993)141:5<409:MTFVAG>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
In a one year old female infant BCG-vaccinated as a neonate, a large m ediastinal mass was found after routine examination. X-ray and CT scan suggested a teratoma. Histology and microbiology, however, revealed t he diagnosis of an active tuberculosis. Thus, the tumor was caused by mediastinal BCGitis. To our knowledge this complication of BCG-vaccina tion has not yet been described.