학술논문
A thoracic tuberculous spondylodisctis after intravesical BCG immunotherapy of bladder cancer – Case report and literature review
Document Type
Article
Source
Neurologia I Neurochirurgia Polska / Polish Journal of Neurology and Neurosurgery; November-December 2015, Vol. 49 Issue: 6 p460-466, 7p
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ISSN
00283843
Abstract
We report a rare case of tuberculosis of the thoracic spine caused by Mycobacterium bovisinfection as a complication of BCG (Bacillus Calmette-Guérin) intravesical immunotherapy, which is a well known and acknowledged treatment of superficial bladder cancers applied since 1976. Although this therapy is broadly used in urology and considered to be safe and well tolerated, one should be aware of the potential local and systemic side effects as in the case of our patient, who developed tuberculous spondylodiscitis after intravesical BCG therapy.