title: Urethral stricture associated with malacoplakia: a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Histopathology/Cytopathology, Norfolk & Norwich Hospital, Norfolk, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: K D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Love
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Chitale
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Vohra
authors.forename: R Y
authors.initials: RY
authors.lastname: Ball
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D002939:Ciprofloxacin