BACKGROUND Renal malacoplakia is a very rare chronic inflammatory disorder characterized by specific infiltration of tissue by inflammatory cells, and presents similar radiological characteristics to those of renal cell carcinoma. CASE REPORT A 54-year old woman, with a 37-year history of smoking, weight loss, anorexia, asthenia, and night sweats, was included in an antiangiogenesis clinical ...

INTRODUCTION Malakoplakia is chronic granulomatous disorder resulting from an abnormal immunological response resulting in accumulation of histiocytes [1].It normally involves the urinary bladder, colon, skin etc. But bone is rarely involved. Only seven cases have been reported in the literature. Ours is the first case involving the tibia. CASE REPORT We report a rare case of malakoplakia of ...

Malacoplakia is a rare inflammatory condition most often affecting the genitourinary system. We report the case of a 24-year-old man who presented with gross hematuria, nocturia, frequency, dysuria and considerable weight loss during the preceding three months. Digital rectal examination showed a solid pelvic mass. Ultrasonography and computed tomography showed calyceal dilatation on the right ...

Gastrointestinal malacoplakia is an uncommon condi tion, there being 38 reported cases in the world literature.’ The involvement of the cecum is extremely rare, there being only 6 documented cases.’ Malacoplakia has often been misdiagnosed as a neoplastic lesion in biopsy specimens.2’ 3 It has been more frequently diagnosed as an incidental find ing in autopsy. However it can be easily recogniz...

SIR—We read with great interest the report by Raguin et al. [1] on Shigella boydii as a possible causative agent of colonic malacoplakia in an HIV-infected patient. In the absence of positive cultures, S. boydii was identified by means of universal bacterial 16S rDNA–based amplification and sequencing. Since malacoplakia is usually caused by Escherichia coli, a close relative of shigellae and g...