title: [Malakoplakia of the prostate].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the diagnosis and treatment of prostatic malakoplakia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two cases of malakoplakia were reported, and the cases and articles were reviewed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The disease is an inflammation of the prostate, and lower immunocompetence is concomitance. The patients had symptoms of dysuria and urethralgia. The tubercle could be found. Pathological section revealed malakoplakia cells and Michaelis-Gutman inclusion bodies. Many patients were performed radical prostatectomy because of misdiagnosis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Biopsy of the prostate and antibiotics should be used clinically.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing 100853.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008287:Malacoplakia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011467:Prostate / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen / Q000652:urine; D011469:Prostatic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen