Disseminated Mycobacterium Bovis
Adel Ekladious
International Journal of Clinical Case Reports and Reviews · 2022-07
Abstract
Intravesical BacillusChalmette- Guerin (BCG) still a popular medication for non-invasive bladdercancer in the low-income country, one of the uncommon side effects is disseminated Mycobacterium Bovis. We present a patient who presented with haematuria, diagnosed as urothelial superficial bladder cancer, treated with incomplete resectionand intravesical BCG, 6 months after treatment, he presented with increasing shortness of breath, headache and abdominal pain, diagnosed as tuberculous, meningitis, massive pleural effusion, granulomatous hepatitis he responded very well to anti tuberculous treatment.
MeSH terms
- Medicine
- Mycobacterium bovis
- Pleural effusion
- Abdominal pain
- Surgery
- Mycobacterium
- Bladder cancer
- Tuberculosis
- Internal medicine
- Gastroenterology