Granulomatous hepatitis after intravesical BCG treatment for bladder cancer. |
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| Authors: | Osman Ersoy Rasit Aran Musa Aydinli Ozlem Yonem Ozgur Harmanci Bulent Akdogan Ahmet Pinar Cenk Sokmensuer Yusuf Bayraktar |
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| Institution: | Department of Gastroenterology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. roersoy@tnn.net |
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| Abstract: | Intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) is used in patients with urinary bladder carcinoma. Although it is generally well tolerated, granulomatous hepatitis is a rare but serious complication. We report a 42-year-old man and a 56-year-old man who developed granulomatous hepatitis following intravesical BCG. One of them was treated successfully with antitubercular therapy; the other died because of BCG sepsis and multi-organ failure. |
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