SYSTEMIC HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION TO INTRAVESICAL BCG

Authors
LYONS D MILLER I JEFFERS A
Citation
D. Lyons et al., SYSTEMIC HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION TO INTRAVESICAL BCG, Scottish Medical Journal, 39(2), 1994, pp. 49-50
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Scottish Medical Journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00369330
Volume
39
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
49 - 50
Database
ISI
SICI code
0036-9330(1994)39:2<49:SHRTIB>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
BCGosis is a recognised complication of intravesical BCG immunotherapy for superficial bladder carcinoma We present here a case of granuloma tous hepatitis, pneumonitis and probable pericarditis resulting from a n hypersensitivity reaction to intravesical BCG.