Tuberculous Abdominal Aortic Pseudoaneurysm Penetrating the Left Psoas Muscle after BCG Therapy for Bladder Cancer

Vascular

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 231-235

  Wada, S ^a   Watanabe, Y ^a   Shiono, N ^a   Masuhara, H ^a   Hamada, S ^a   Ozawa, T ^a   Fujii, T ^a   Yokomuro, H ^a   Kawasaki, M ^a   Yoshihara, K ^a   Koyama, N ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

abdominal aortic pseudoaneurysm; bacillus Calmette Guerin; Mycobacterium bovis; tuberculous aneurysm

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; AORTA GRAFT; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FALSE ANEURYSM; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; POLITEF IMPLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSOAS MUSCLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037409777     PISSN: 17085381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096721090301100311     Document Type: Article

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