Urethral stricture associated with malacoplakia: a case report and review of the literature.
A 68-year-old man presented with obstructive and irritative lower urinary tract symptoms and microscopic hematuria. Cystourethroscopy showed a circumferential stricture in the bulbar urethra that bled easily on contact. Biopsy revealed malacoplakia. There was also focal nonspecific cystitis. The patient improved symptomatically, but the microscopic hematuria persisted. Follow-up biopsies showed persistent urethral malacoplakia and stricture. Malacoplakia of the male urethra is exceptionally rare, this being the second reported case.
Love
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KD
Department of Histopathology/Cytopathology, Norfolk & Norwich Hospital, Norfolk, United Kingdom.
Chitale
S V
SV
Vohra
A K
AK
Ball
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RY
D000368:Aged; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002939:Ciprofloxacin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008287:Malacoplakia / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D014524:Urethral Obstruction / Q000209:etiology; D014525:Urethral Stricture / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000188:drug therapy
D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D002939:Ciprofloxacin