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Acute polyarthritis after BCG-therapy for bladder carcinoma in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis
C Thepot1, J Martigny, L Simon
1Department of Rheumatology, Henri Mondor Teaching Hospital, Créteil, France.
Revue Du Rhumatisme (English Ed.)
|June 1, 1995
Abstract:
A case of polyarthritis following intravesical administration of bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) for bladder carcinoma is reported in a patient with long-standing ankylosing spondylitis. Possible links between BCG-therapy and joint manifestations are discussed in the light of data from the literature. Patients who develop joint manifestations after BCG-therapy are often HLA B27-positive.