Tuberculosis epididymo-orchitis following intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guérin immunotherapy

BCG is a well-established treatment for superficial bladder cancer. Although usually well-tolerated, side effects can range from mild cystitis to life-threatening sepsis. Epididymitis is a rare complication of BCG, with only a handful of cases proven to be caused directly by Mycobacterium bovis. We...

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Autores principales: Rezvani, Sean, Collins, Gerald
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6649823/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31360436
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjz212
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description BCG is a well-established treatment for superficial bladder cancer. Although usually well-tolerated, side effects can range from mild cystitis to life-threatening sepsis. Epididymitis is a rare complication of BCG, with only a handful of cases proven to be caused directly by Mycobacterium bovis. We describe one such case, along with radiological findings for this rare complication.
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spelling pubmed-66498232019-07-29 Tuberculosis epididymo-orchitis following intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guérin immunotherapy Rezvani, Sean Collins, Gerald J Surg Case Rep Case Report BCG is a well-established treatment for superficial bladder cancer. Although usually well-tolerated, side effects can range from mild cystitis to life-threatening sepsis. Epididymitis is a rare complication of BCG, with only a handful of cases proven to be caused directly by Mycobacterium bovis. We describe one such case, along with radiological findings for this rare complication. Oxford University Press 2019-07-23 /pmc/articles/PMC6649823/ /pubmed/31360436 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjz212 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author(s) 2019. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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Tuberculosis epididymo-orchitis following intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guérin immunotherapy
title Tuberculosis epididymo-orchitis following intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guérin immunotherapy
title_full Tuberculosis epididymo-orchitis following intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guérin immunotherapy
title_fullStr Tuberculosis epididymo-orchitis following intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guérin immunotherapy
title_full_unstemmed Tuberculosis epididymo-orchitis following intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guérin immunotherapy
title_short Tuberculosis epididymo-orchitis following intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guérin immunotherapy
title_sort tuberculosis epididymo-orchitis following intravesical bacillus calmette-guérin immunotherapy
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6649823/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31360436
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjz212
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