Granulomatous hepatitis and hemophagocytic syndrome after bacillus Calmette-Guerin bladder instillation.

Archive ouverte

Thevenot, Thierry | Di Martino, Vincent | Lagrange, Aurélie | Petrella, Tony | Faucher, Jean-François | Fontan, Jean | Terebus, Mélanie | Miguet, Jean-Philippe | Bresson-Hadni, Solange

Edité par CCSD ; Elsevier Masson -

National audience. Intravesical instillations of bacillus Calmette-Guérin are frequently used for treating superficial bladder carcinoma which is considered a safe treatment. We describe an unusual complication with hemophagocytosis and granulomatous hepatitis. Prompt diagnosis and treatment with corticosteroids, anti-tuberculous agents and intravenous immunoglobulins led to a rapid recovery.

Consulter en ligne

Suggestions

Du même auteur

Liver transplantation for cardiac failure in patients with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia

Archive ouverte | Thevenot, Thierry | CCSD

International audience. Liver involvement in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia may lead to high-output cardiac failure. Few data have been reported on orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) for these patients. I...

[Complementary treatments of chronic viral hepatitis C]

Archive ouverte | Thevenot, Thierry | CCSD

International audience. Pegylated interferon and ribavirin combination therapy represent the standard-of-care treatment for chronic hepatitis C, that allows to cure more than half of the patients. However, the succe...

Towards "à la carte" management of patients with inoperable alveolar echinococcosis of the liver: usefullness of a compined follow-up with specific serology, CT-scan and PET-CT

Archive ouverte | Bresson-Hadni, Solange | CCSD

International audience

Chargement des enrichissements...