Tuberculous Prostatic Abscess with Prostatorectal Fistula after Intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Immunotherapy.
- Author:
Jeong Ho EOM
1
;
Jai Hoon YOON
;
Seok Won LEE
;
Hyo Sun KIM
;
Tae Young PARK
;
Chang Seok BANG
;
Gwang Ho BAIK
;
Dong Joon KIM
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Prostate; Abscess; Fistula; Tuberculosis
- MeSH: Abdominal Pain; Abscess*; Antitubercular Agents; Bacillus*; Colonoscopy; Fistula*; Humans; Immunotherapy*; Korea; Mycobacterium bovis; Prostate; Tuberculosis; Urinary Bladder Neoplasms
- From:Clinical Endoscopy 2016;49(5):488-491
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) immunotherapy is a common treatment modality for bladder cancer after transurethral resection of a bladder tumor. This therapy is generally safe, and development of a prostatic abscess with a prostatorectal fistula after intravesical BCG immunotherapy is a very rare complication. This finding was incidentally obtained by the authors, who examined a patient with colonoscopy for evaluation of abdominal pain. The patient was successfully treated with antitubercular drugs. To the authors’ knowledge, this is the first report of a patient with a tuberculous prostatic abscess with prostatorectal fistula after BCG immunotherapy in South Korea.
