Mycotic Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm After Intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Treatment.

Seastedt, Kenneth P; Ahmad, Usman; Lau, Christopher; Ruggeri-Weigel, Patricia; Tsang, Hamilton C; Hartman, Barry J; Girardi, Leonard N · Ann Thorac Surg · 2015

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is widely used for the treatment of bladder cancer. We report a case of BCG-associated mycotic thoracic aortic aneurysm that was successfully treated with resection and antimycobacterial therapy.

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