Arthritis associated with adjuvant mycobacterial treatment for carcinoma of the bladder.

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1 May 1989

journal article
case report
Published by Elsevier in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Vol. 48 (5) , 432-434
https://doi.org/10.1136/ard.48.5.432

Abstract

A patient who developed an inflammatory polyarthritis following intravesical administration of bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) used in the treatment of bladder cancer is described. An inflammatory synovitis comprising predominantly T lymphocytes was demonstrated on synovial biopsy. The synovitis resolved spontaneously within 14 days in this 'human model' of adjuvant arthritis.

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