Cutaneous complications of intravesical treatments for bladder cancer: Granulomatous inflammation of the penis following BCG therapy and penile gangrene following mitomycin therapy

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 328-331

  Kureshi, Faraz ^a   Kalaaji, Amer N ^a   Halvorson, Larry ^b   Pittelkow, Mark R ^a   Davis, Mark D P ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BCG VACCINE; CORTICOSTEROID; MITOMYCIN C;

AGED; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; CATHETER REMOVAL; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ERYTHEMA; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; MALE; PAPULE; PENIS AMPUTATION; PENIS DISEASE; PENIS GANGRENE; PERINEUM INJURY; PRIAPISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DISCOLORATION; SKIN EDEMA; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN NECROSIS; SKIN TUBERCULOSIS; SKIN ULCER; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVESICAL; AGED; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; BCG VACCINE; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; GANGRENE; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MITOMYCIN; PENILE DISEASES; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33745842939     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2005.07.041     Document Type: Review

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