Interstitial pneumonitis secondary to intravesical bacillus calmette-guerin for carcinoma in-situ of the bladder



Título del documento: Interstitial pneumonitis secondary to intravesical bacillus calmette-guerin for carcinoma in-situ of the bladder
Revue: International braz j urol
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000296545
ISSN: 1677-5538
Autores: 1
Instituciones: 1Washington Hospital Center, Department of Urology, Washington, Distrito de Columbia. Estados Unidos de América
Año:
Periodo: Sep-Oct
Volumen: 30
Número: 5
Paginación: 400-402
País: Brasil
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Caso clínico, descriptivo
Resumen en inglés We report an 81-year-old male who developed severe interstitial pneumonitis on maintenance intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) for in-situ carcinoma of the bladder. The patient was treated with steroids and anti-tuberculin therapy with complete response. While there is no established standard of care for the treatment of interstitial pneumonitis, recent reports describe success with combination of corticosteroids and anti-tuberculin medications. We elected to follow this precedent and treated our patient with corticosteroids and anti-tuberculin therapy with good outcome
Disciplinas: Medicina
Palabras clave: Cirugía,
Oncología,
Terapéutica y rehabilitación,
Neoplasias,
Vejiga,
BCG,
Neumonitis,
Carcinoma
Keyword: Medicine,
Oncology,
Surgery,
Therapeutics and rehabilitation,
Neoplasms,
Bladder,
BCG,
Pneumonitis,
Carcinoma
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