Katarzyna Lewandowska, Anna Lewandowska, Inga Baranska, Magdalena Klatt, Ewa Augustynowicz-Kopec, Witold Tomkowski, Monika Szturmowicz
Intra-vesical instillations with bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) are the established adjuvant therapy for superficial bladder cancer. Although generally safe and well tolerated, they may cause a range of different, local, and systemic complications. We present a patient treated with BCG instillations for three years, who was admitted to our hospital due to fever, hemoptysis, pleuritic chest pain and progressive dyspnea. Chest computed tomography (CT) showed massive bilateral ground glass opacities, partly consolidated, localized in the middle and lower parts of the lungs, bronchial walls thickening, and bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy...
April 7, 2022: Diagnostics