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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Control. 2016 Jan;23(1):12–20. doi: 10.1177/107327481602300104

Table 2.

Select Treatment-Related Adverse Events of Intralesional Therapy

Type of Therapy Adverse Events
Bacille-Calmette-Guerin21,2830 Angioedema in the setting of positive tuberculin test
Arthralgia
Bacille-Calmette-Guerin granulomas
Chills
Diaphoresis
Disseminated intravascular coagulation
Granulomatous hepatitis
Lymphadenopathy
Malaise
Pneumonitis
Electrochemotherapy + bleomycin/cisplatin22,35 Pain at injection site, ulcerations
Granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor34 Flulike symptoms
Interleukin 218,36 Flulike symptoms
Injection site pain/erythema
Rose bengal 10%12,13,23,37 Blistering
Edema
Headache
Local pain
Inflammation
Pruritus
Skin discoloration
Vesicles
Talimogene laherparepvec9,39,40 Cellulitis
Chills/rigors
Fatigue
Pyrexia
Velimogene aliplasmid16,19,2427 Asthenia
Fatigue
Flulike symptoms
Injection-site pain
Myalgia
Paresthesia
Rigor