RESUMO
A instilação intravesical do bacilo de Calmette-Guérin (BCG) é o tratamento de escolha para carcinoma de bexiga in situ ou tumores superficiais de bexiga de alto grau não invasivos. Este tratamento geralmente é bem tolerado, mas podem ocorrer complicações graves. Paciente idoso, coronariopata, portador de carcinoma superficial de bexiga de alto grau recidivado foi submetido à instilação intravesical de BCG, evoluindo com choque séptico. Recebeu antibioticoterapia de amplo espectro, tuberculostáticos, corticóide, aminas vasoativas, suporte ventilatório e tratamento hemodialítico, sem melhora. Faleceu nove dias após a instilação intravesical de BCG por insuficiência de múltiplos órgãos.
Intravesical instillation of bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is the treatment of choice for carcinoma in situ and non-invasive high-grade superficial tumors of the urinary bladder. This treatment is well tolerated overall, but serious complications can occur. An elderly man with coronary disease and recurrent high-grade superficial carcinoma of the bladder underwent intravesical instillation of BCG and developed septic shock. He received wide range antibiotics, tuberculostatic and vasoactive drugs, corticosteroids, mechanical ventilation and renal replacement therapy without improvement. He died nine days after the intravesical instillation of BCG because of multiple organ failure.
RESUMO
Intravesical instillation of bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is the treatment of choice for carcinoma in situ and non-invasive high-grade superficial tumors of the urinary bladder. This treatment is well tolerated overall, but serious complications can occur. An elderly man with coronary disease and recurrent high-grade superficial carcinoma of the bladder underwent intravesical instillation of BCG and developed septic shock. He received wide range antibiotics, tuberculostatic and vasoactive drugs, corticosteroids, mechanical ventilation and renal replacement therapy without improvement. He died nine days after the intravesical instillation of BCG because of multiple organ failure.
