Tuberculous Prostatic Abscess with Prostatorectal Fistula after Intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Immunotherapy.

Intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) immunotherapy is a common treatment modality for bladder cancer after transurethral resection of a bladder tumor. This therapy is generally safe, and development of a prostatic abscess with a prostatorectal fistula after intravesical BCG immunotherapy is a very rare complication.

This finding was incidentally obtained by the authors, who examined a patient with colonoscopy for evaluation of abdominal pain. The patient was successfully treated with antitubercular drugs. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first report of a patient with a tuberculous prostatic abscess with prostatorectal fistula after BCG immunotherapy in South Korea.

Clinical endoscopy. 2016 Mar 15 [Epub ahead of print]

Jeong Ho Eom, Jai Hoon Yoon, Seok Won Lee, Hyo Sun Kim, Tae Young Park, Chang Seok Bang, Gwang Ho Baik, Dong Joon Kim

Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon, Korea., Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon, Korea., Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon, Korea., Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon, Korea., Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon, Korea., Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon, Korea., Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon, Korea., Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon, Korea.