Bilateral renal malakoplakia.
A case of malakoplakia is presented which was confined to the renal parenchyma of both kidneys in a thirty-five-year-old woman in whom fatal renal failure developed in three weeks. Bilateral renal malakoplakia is rare, and unlike malakoplakia of the bladder, it behaves as a progressive, destructive, and fatal disease.
D000328:Adult; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology*; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D008287:Malacoplakia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*