Granulomatous myocarditis arising from intravesical Bacillus Calmette–Guérin therapy leading to death diagnosed by postmortem examination: a case report

Granulomatous myocarditis arising from intravesical Bacillus Calmette–Guérin therapy leading to death diagnosed by postmortem examination: a case report

Abstract Background Intravesical Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) is used as a standard adjuvant therapy for non-muscle invasive urothelial cancer. Most patients tolerate the treatment well, with mild side effects. Systemic complications are extremely rare, occur due to BCG dissemination and are assoc...

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Main Authors: Saroja D. Geetha, Hector D. Chavarria, Mohammed Abdelwahed, Nidhi Kataria, Vanesa Bijol, Kasturi Das
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2024-01-01
Series:Journal of Medical Case Reports
Subjects:
Cardiac granuloma
Granulomatous myocarditis
Arrythmia
Urothelial cancer
Bladder cancer
BCG therapy
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13256-023-04310-4

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13256-023-04310-4

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