Malakoplakia is an unusual chronic inflammation characterized macroscopically by pseudotumoral lesions and histologically by the presence of "Michaelis-Gutman" bodies in macrophages.
It affects principally the urinary tract and is probably secondary to an unusual macrophagic reaction to recurrent urinary tract infections. If the bladder is the most frequent site of occurrence, the ureters can very rarely be affected resulting in urinary tract obstruction. We presented here a unique presentation of renal, bilateral ureteral and bladder malakoplakia.
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Sarkis P, Nawfal G, Mouaccadieh L, Daou I, Zanati M. Are you the author?
Service d'urologie, hôpital Saint-Joseph, rue Saint-Joseph, Dora, Beyrouth, Liban.
Reference: Prog Urol. 2012 Nov;22(15):970-3.
doi: 10.1016/j.purol.2012.07.015
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 23102020
Article in French.
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