title: Malakoplakia of the colon and rectum: report of a case and review of the literature.
abstract: A case of malakoplakia with primary involvement of the sigmoid colon and rectum in a 19-year-old man who died by extension of the disease to the bladder, right ureter, and retroperitoneum 4 years after the diagnosis was established is presented. A review of the 20 previously reported cases of malakoplakia of the colon is included also.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D012809:Colon, Sigmoid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D003125:Colostomy; D005260:Female; D006556:Heroin Dependence / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008287:Malacoplakia / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D012002:Rectal Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D012007:Rectum / Q000601:surgery; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space; D014515:Ureteral Diseases / Q000150:complications; D001745:Urinary Bladder Diseases / Q000150:complications