title: [Prostatic malacoplakia: report of 3 cases].
abstract: Malakoplakia is a granulomatous inflammatory disorder occurring rarely in the prostate. We report our experience with three patients aged from 54 to 75 years old. Clinical presentations were unspecific. All patients presented with a past history of urinary tract infection. Ultrasound study revealed hypoechoic peripheral zone lesions. Histological examination showed a diffuse granulomatous inflammation with numerous histiocytes containing Michaelis-Gutmann bodies. In the prostate, malakoplakia is a histological variant of granulomatous chronic prostatitis following urinary infections. Clinically and radiologically, the differential diagnosis with adenocarcinoma is difficult. The symptoms disappear with a prolongated antibiotic treatment.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Anatomie et Cytologie Pathologiques, Hôpital Calmette, Lille, France.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tisseau
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zini
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lemaitre
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Biserte
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gosselin
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Leroy
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008287:Malacoplakia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011469:Prostatic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*