Bacillus Calmette-Guérin immunotherapy: a rare cause for a ruptured common femoral artery

ANZ J Surg. 2018 Sep;88(9):931-933. doi: 10.1111/ans.13595. Epub 2016 Apr 15.

Authors

Aaron Lim¹, Gursimran Kaur², Paul Poyck¹, Vipul Vyas³, Andrew Redmond^{2

4}, Simon Quinn^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Vascular Surgery, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
² Department of Infectious Diseases, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
³ Department of Anatomical Pathology, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
⁴ School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

PMID: 27079294
DOI: 10.1111/ans.13595

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Anastomosis, Surgical / methods
Aneurysm, False / diagnostic imaging
Aneurysm, False / etiology
Aneurysm, False / pathology
Antibiotics, Antitubercular / therapeutic use
BCG Vaccine / adverse effects*
Computed Tomography Angiography / methods
Femoral Artery / diagnostic imaging
Femoral Artery / pathology*
Femoral Artery / surgery
Hematoma / etiology
Humans
Immunotherapy
Male
Mycobacterium bovis / genetics
Retroperitoneal Space / pathology
Rupture / etiology
Rupture / pathology*
Rupture / surgery
Tuberculosis / chemically induced
Tuberculosis / complications*
Tuberculosis / drug therapy
Tuberculosis / microbiology

Substances

Antibiotics, Antitubercular
BCG Vaccine