1/12. Prostatic malacoplakia associated with prostatic abscess: diagnosis and treatment.Prostatic malacoplakia associated with prostatic abscess is an extremely rare disease. We present a case of prostatic malacoplakia presenting as a prostatic and seminal vesicle abscess in a patient with diabetes. The diagnosis and management are discussed, and the literature is reviewed.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = rare disease (Clic here for more details about this article) |
2/12. Malakoplakia of the kidney--a case report.Malakoplakia is a rare disease expressed as a special type of inflammatory reaction to infection with various bacteria and fungi. We present a case of renal malakoplakia in a 30-year-old female patient. The symptoms were not characteristic enough for making the ture diagnosis preoperatively. A preoperative diagnosis of renal cell carcinoma was made in this case.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = rare disease (Clic here for more details about this article) |
3/12. ciprofloxacin for treatment of malakoplakia.The tumour-like lesions of the rare disease malakoplakia, which consist of macrophages containing undigested coliform bacteria, are often misdiagnosed as a carcinoma. Although an infectious aetiology is likely, no antimicrobial therapy has been successful in the long-term. Since ciprofloxacin penetrates well into macrophages, this drug was given to two patients with advanced malakoplakia (500 mg twice daily). After long-term treatment all granulomatous lesions disappeared. Thus, malakoplakia can be cured by antibiotic treatment.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = rare disease (Clic here for more details about this article) |
4/12. Three cases of malacoplakia of the gallbladder.malacoplakia is a granulomatous disease with a histiocytic infiltrate containing calcified bodies called Michaelis-Gutmann bodies considered to represent an abnormal response to infection involving defective lysosomes and abnormal microtubular assembly. The disease most frequently involves urinary and genital tracts, but has also been described from most organs. Reports from the gallbladder are extremely rare and as it might simulate specific infection, parasitic infestation as well as malignancy it is of importance for the surgeon and pathologist to be aware of the entity. In this article we present three cases of malacoplakia of the gallbladder, a rare disease in this location.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = rare disease (Clic here for more details about this article) |
5/12. Medical management of ocular malakoplakia.A 14-year-old girl had a granulomatous conjunctival lesion, proven histologically to be malakoplakia. This is the first reported case of malakoplakia arising from conjunctiva, although three others have involved the ocular adnexa. Malakoplakia is a rare disease often associated with immunodeficiency and is characterized by the presence of intracellular inclusions and organisms due to deficient intracellular bacteriolysis. Medical management is difficult because an effective antibacterial agent requires three properties: activity against the organism involved, good intracellular penetration, and the capacity to maintain its effectiveness in the intracellular milieu. escherichia coli was isolated from a biopsy specimen and from conjunctival swabs. Treatment with systemic ciprofloxacin, which has good intracellular penetration and activity, led to rapid resolution of the lesion. This is the first report concerning the successful use of this drug to treat malakoplakia of any organ.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = rare disease (Clic here for more details about this article) |
6/12. Prostatic malacoplakia.We report here a 70-year-old man with prostatic malacoplakia which is an extremely rare disease. This diagnosis was obtained from histological examination by prostatic biopsy because the patient was suspected having prostatic cancer on digital examination.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = rare disease (Clic here for more details about this article) |
7/12. Malakoplakia of the urinary tract.The authors report 4 cases of urinary tract malakoplakia. This rare disease of unknown etiopathogenesis can present with a benign character in the bladder, but when the upper urinary tract is affected, loss of renal function can occur. Treatment aims to control the primary infection, as well as enhance intracellular bactericidal activity, which seems to be compromised in these cases. Cytoreductive surgery may be indicated when this treatment fails.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = rare disease (Clic here for more details about this article) |
8/12. A case of prostatic malacoplakia.Prostatic malacoplakia is an extremely rare disease. We report a case of malacoplakia of the prostate and review the 21 cases previously reported, including 4 in our country and 17 in other countries.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = rare disease (Clic here for more details about this article) |
9/12. malacoplakia of the kidney and urinary bladder.malacoplakia of the kidney is a very rare disease, and in two-thirds of the cases the lower urinary tract is also affected. malacoplakia of the urinary tract affects primarily the bladder and secondarily the distal ureter, rarely the kidney.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = rare disease (Clic here for more details about this article) |
10/12. Malakoplakia of the colon and recurrent colonic strictures in a patient with primary hypogammaglobulinemia: an association not previously described.A nine-year old boy with primary hypogammaglobulinemia and recurrent colonic strictures who developed malakoplakia of the colon is reported on. Such an association has not been reported previously. The development of colonic strictures is not considered a gastrointestinal manifestation of hypogammaglobulinemia. Malakoplakia of the colon is a rare disease, with 26 cases being reported to date. Only five children under age 13 have been reported with colonic malakoplakia and none with hypogammaglobulinemia. Hypogammaglobulinemia should be added to the growing list of conditions predisposing to the development of malakoplakia.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = rare disease (Clic here for more details about this article) |
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