title: Renal malakoplakia: report of a case with multifocal involvement.
abstract: The authors report the light microscopic and ultrastructural features in one case of malakoplakia involving the kidney, the urinary bladder, and the skin. The kidney was excised. Lesions of the urinary bladder and the skin regressed after topical treatment with cholinergic agonists and antimicrobial drugs. This case illustrates the pathogenesis of malakoplakia and the possibility that early lesions can be cured with medical therapy before extensive tissue destruction has taken place.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Hospital del Mar, IMAS-IMIM, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lloreta
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Cañas
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Munné
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arumí
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Bielsa
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gelabert
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Serrano
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001706:Biopsy; D005260:Female; D006644:Histiocytes / Q000382:microbiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D008287:Malacoplakia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010588:Phagosomes / Q000382:microbiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D001745:Urinary Bladder Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology