MILIARY LUNG-DISEASE AFTER INTRAVESICAL BACILLUS-CALMETTE-GUERIN IMMUNOTHERAPY

Authors
JASMER RM MCCOWIN MJ WEBB WR
Citation
Rm. Jasmer et al., MILIARY LUNG-DISEASE AFTER INTRAVESICAL BACILLUS-CALMETTE-GUERIN IMMUNOTHERAPY, Radiology, 201(1), 1996, pp. 43-44
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Radiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00338419
Volume
201
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
43 - 44
Database
ISI
SICI code
0033-8419(1996)201:1<43:MLAIBI>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
Clinical and radiologic findings in a 73-year-old man who developed a systemic illness while receiving intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) immunotherapy for bladder cancer are presented. Thin-section ch est computed tomographic findings included a diffuse pattern of small nodules consistent with miliary disease. Potential mechanisms explaini ng the pulmonary disease resulting from intravesical BCG treatment inc lude a hypersensitivity reaction or actual BCG infection of the lungs.