Distant Cutaneous Granulomas after Bacille Calmette-Guerin Immunotherapy for Malignant Melanoma: Case for Direct Infection | Zendy

S. L. Moff | Zendy; G. Ralph Corey | Zendy; Magnús Gottfreðsson | Zendy

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Distant Cutaneous Granulomas after Bacille Calmette-Guerin Immunotherapy for Malignant Melanoma: Case for Direct Infection

Author(s) -

S. L. Moff,

G. Ralph Corey,

Magnús Gottfreðsson

Publication year - 1999

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/313543

Subject(s) - medicine , immunotherapy , melanoma , dermatology , immunology , immune system , cancer research

Figure 1. A, Right leg of patient with distant cutaneous granulomas after Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) immunotherapy for malignant melanoma; -cm oval, moist, boggy lesion with rim of induration, 5 3 5 surrounding erythema, and skin desquamation are shown. B, Photomicrograph of skin biopsy specimen from 30 cm proximal to BCG injection site that displays caseating granuloma with Langhans’giant cells (stain, hematoxylin-eosin; original magnification, 3100). Distant Cutaneous Granulomas after Bacille Calmette-Guérin Immunotherapy for Malignant Melanoma: Case for Direct Infection

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