[Malacoplakia. Apropos of a case of retroperitoneal site].
Malacoplakia is a granulomatous inflammatory disease caused by a disorder of macrophage bactericidal function. The disease, histologically characterized by the presence of Michaelis-Gutmann bodies, has a preference for the urogenital tract and less frequently affects the gastrointestinal tract and the retroperitoneal region. We report the unusual case of a male patient who presented with retroperitoneal pseudotumoral malacoplakia associated with vesical malacoplakia. The main pathophysiological, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of this rare disease are described.
Coutant
G
G
Service de Médecine Interne, Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris.
Robin
J P
JP
De Saint-Maur
P
P
Barrou
B
B
Delcourt
A
A
Blétry
O
O
Godeau
P
P
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008287:Malacoplakia / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space; D013997:Time Factors