Abstract
The authors report the light microscopic and ultrastructural features in one case of malakoplakia involving the kidney, the urinary bladder, and the skin. The kidney was excised. Lesions of the urinary bladder and the skin regressed after topical treatment with cholinergic agonists and antimicrobial drugs. This case illustrates the pathogenesis of malakoplakia and the possibility that early lesions can be cured with medical therapy before extensive tissue destruction has taken place.
Publication types
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Case Reports
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Bacteria / isolation & purification
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Biopsy
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Female
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Histiocytes / microbiology
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Histiocytes / ultrastructure
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Humans
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Kidney Diseases / diagnostic imaging
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Kidney Diseases / microbiology
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Kidney Diseases / pathology*
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Malacoplakia / diagnostic imaging
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Malacoplakia / microbiology
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Malacoplakia / pathology*
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Middle Aged
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Phagosomes / microbiology
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Phagosomes / ultrastructure
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Skin Diseases / diagnostic imaging
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Skin Diseases / microbiology
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Skin Diseases / pathology
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Urinary Bladder Diseases / diagnostic imaging
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Urinary Bladder Diseases / microbiology
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Urinary Bladder Diseases / pathology