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Granulomatous Hepatitis Following Intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guerin Therapy

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Although intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) administration is an effective method in the treatment of superficial urinary bladder carcinoma, some complications may arise such as a granulomatous reaction either in the urinary tract or, in rare cases, outside the urinary tract. We report in this paper a case of granulomatous hepatitis following intravesical BCG administration.

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  1. Department of Infectious Disease, School of Medicine, Manisa, Turkey

    B. Özbakkaloğlu, Ö. Tünger & S. Sürücüoğlu

  2. Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Manisa, Turkey

    M. Lekili

  3. Department of Pathology, Celal Bayar University, School of Medicine, Manisa, Turkey

    A. R. Kandiloğlu

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Özbakkaloğlu, B., Tünger, Ö., Sürücüoğlu, S. et al. Granulomatous Hepatitis Following Intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guerin Therapy. Int Urol Nephrol 31, 49–53 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007119706336

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