Pulmonary malacoplakia in an immunocompetent girl: a case report.
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.
Kumar
Prashant
P
Department of Respiratory Paediatrics, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.
Rassl
D M
DM
Hamilton
J R L
JR
Spencer
D A
DA
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