Liaw Frank, Tan Yan Yu, Hendry David
Department of Urology Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Glasgow G51 4TF UK.
Department of Gastroenterology Monklands Hospital Airdrie ML6 0JS UK.
Clin Case Rep. 2017 Aug 15;5(10):1569-1572. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.1129. eCollection 2017 Oct.
Intravesical instillation of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) has been shown to be an effective form of immunotherapy for bladder cancer. This case report describes a patient who develops systemic BCG-osis following intravesical BCG instillation and demonstrates the importance of being aware of more severe complications associated with BCG immunotherapy.
膀胱内灌注卡介苗(BCG)已被证明是一种有效的膀胱癌免疫治疗方式。本病例报告描述了一名患者在膀胱内灌注BCG后发生全身性BCG病,并证明了认识到与BCG免疫治疗相关的更严重并发症的重要性。