title: Malakoplakia of the female genital tract causing urethral and ureteral obstruction. A case report.
abstract: Malakoplakia is an uncommon form of inflammatory response, initially described as occurring in the urinary bladder. Malakoplakia of the female genital tract is exceedingly rare. One such case was unusual in that it caused ureteral as well as urethral obstruction.
authors.affiliation: Hans Popper-Lillian M. Stratton Department of Pathology, Mt. Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bessim
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Heller
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dottino
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Deligdisch
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Gordon
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001806:Blood Urea Nitrogen; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000097:blood; D002437:Cefazolin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D005831:Genital Diseases, Female / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008287:Malacoplakia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D014524:Urethral Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D014556:Urine / Q000382:microbiology; D014621:Vagina / Q000473:pathology; D014844:Vulva / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D003404:Creatinine; D002437:Cefazolin; D010100:Oxygen