[Prostatic malacoplakia. Clinical case].
OBJECTIVE
A case of malakoplakia of the prostate is described. This uncommon localization and the problems encountered in making the histopathological differential diagnosis prompted us to report the present case.


RESULTS
Adenocarcinoma of the prostate was suspected. The patient was submitted to TURP. Histopathological analysis of the specimen disclosed malakoplakia of the prostate.


CONCLUSIONS
The diagnosis of malakoplakia of the prostate is essentially histopathological and depends on the ability of the pathologist to identify the typical inclusion bodies described by Michaelis and Gutmann.
Virseda Rodríguez
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Servicio de Urología, Hospital del Hospital General de Albacete, España.
Martín de Francisco
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Morente González
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Hernández Millán
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Segura Martín
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D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D002479:Inclusion Bodies / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008287:Malacoplakia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D011469:Prostatic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis