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Abstract

Intravesical instillation of Bacillus Calmette Guerin (BCG) is used in the treatment of patients with superficial bladder carcinoma with efficacy and safety. Although clinically very effective this method is associated with a variety of side effects. In these side effects, Reiter’s Syndrome is occurred most rare. We report here the case of Reiter’s Syndrome following BCG instillation with a different clinical manifestation

Keywords

• Non-invasive bladder carcinoma, intravesi

İntravezikal BCG immunoterapisini takiben gelişen Reiter sendromu: Olgu sunumu

Abstract

Intravesical instillation of Bacillus Calmette Guerin (BCG) is used in the treatment of patients with superficial bladder carcinoma with efficacy and safety. Although clinically very effective this method is associated with a variety of side effects. In these side effects, Reiter’s Syndrome is occurred most rare. We report here the case of Reiter’s Syndrome following BCG instillation with a different clinical manifestation.

Key words: Non-invasive bladder carcinoma, intravesical instillation of Bacillus Calmette Guerin (BCG), Reiter’s syndrome

Keywords

• İnvaziv olmayan mesane tümörü, int

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