title: Pulmonary malacoplakia in an immunocompetent girl: a case report.
abstract: Malacoplakia is an unusual inflammatory condition with distinctive histologic features. Involvement of the lung is quite uncommon and is rarely described in paediatrics. We report on a case of pulmonary malacoplakia in a teenage girl.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Paediatrics, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.
authors.forename: Prashant
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Rassl
authors.forename: J R L
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Hamilton
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Spencer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008287:Malacoplakia / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D035422:Pleural Cavity / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography; D013908:Thoracotomy