title: Genitourinary malakoplakia.
abstract: Between 1973 and 1991, 13 patients with malakoplakia (MKP) have been diagnosed and treated. The lesions involved all sites in the genitourinary tract; 2 patients had multiple and 11 had single lesions. Treatment was based on 2 criteria: (a) pharmacological treatment with trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole and/or ascorbic acid and/or bethanechol chloride; (b) excision of the MKP lesion either endoscopically or by open surgery. Two patients died (1 from multiple MKP and the other from a myocardial infarct); the remainder did well. The pathogenic, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of the disease are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, La Paz Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Cózar Olmo
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cárcamo
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gastón de Iriarte
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Jiménez
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Martinez-Pineiro
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Martinez-Pineiro
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D052776:Female Urogenital Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008287:Malacoplakia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D052801:Male Urogenital Diseases; D008875:Middle Aged