Miliary lung disease after intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guérin immunotherapy

Radiology. 1996 Oct;201(1):43-4. doi: 10.1148/radiology.201.1.8816518.

Abstract

Clinical and radiologic findings in a 73-year-old man who developed a systemic illness while receiving intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) immunotherapy for bladder cancer are presented. Thin-section chest computed tomographic findings included a diffuse pattern of small nodules consistent with miliary disease. Potential mechanisms explaining the pulmonary disease resulting from intravesical BCG treatment include a hypersensitivity reaction or actual BCG infection of the lungs.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • BCG Vaccine / adverse effects*
  • BCG Vaccine / therapeutic use
  • Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / therapy
  • Humans
  • Lung / diagnostic imaging
  • Male
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Tuberculosis, Miliary / diagnostic imaging
  • Tuberculosis, Miliary / etiology*
  • Tuberculosis, Miliary / microbiology
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / diagnostic imaging
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / etiology*
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / microbiology
  • Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / therapy

Substances

  • BCG Vaccine