Cold abscess of the chest wall as an unusual complication of BCG vaccination

Bacillus-Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination often results in local adverse effects; however, serious or long-term complications are rare. The involvement of sternum among skeletal BCG osteomyelitis is a rarely seen complication of BCG vaccination. Such a complication may confuse with a chest wall tum...

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Published in:European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery 2002-02, Vol.21 (2), p.352-354
Main Authors: Aribas, Olgun Kadir, Kanat, Fikret, Gormus, Niyazi, Turk, Emel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abscess - etiology
Abscess - pathology
Abscess - surgery
Bacillus-Calmette-Guérin vaccination
BCG Vaccine - administration & dosage
BCG Vaccine - adverse effects
Biopsy, Needle
Complications
Extra-pulmonary tuberculosis
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Immunohistochemistry
Infant
Male
Osteomyelitis
Osteomyelitis - microbiology
Osteomyelitis - pathology
Risk Assessment
Sternal tumor
Sternum
Tuberculosis
Vaccination - adverse effects
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Summary:Bacillus-Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination often results in local adverse effects; however, serious or long-term complications are rare. The involvement of sternum among skeletal BCG osteomyelitis is a rarely seen complication of BCG vaccination. Such a complication may confuse with a chest wall tumor and a surgical intervention may be needed for the definite diagnosis. A 9-month-old infant who had a parasternal cold abscess in the anterior chest wall and sternal osteomyelitis of tuberculosis in the late period of BCG vaccination of whom the etiological diagnosis was histopathologically confirmed after surgery is presented and the preoperative diagnostic problems are discussed.
ISSN:1010-7940
1873-734X
DOI:10.1016/S1010-7940(01)01103-4