Malacoplakia in a renal transplant recipient.
Malacoplakia is a rare, inflammatory condition characterized histologically by distinct histiocytes with pathognomonic inclusion calcospherules called Michaelis-Gutmann bodies. It most often affects the urinary tract of immunocompromised patients. We describe a case of renal allograft parenchymal malacoplakia in a transplant recipient. Moreover, we report the imaging and histological findings and review the literature of this rare disorder.
Pusl
Thomas
T
Department of Medicine II, Klinikum Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Marchioninistr. 15, D-81377 München, Germany. thomaspusl@web.de
Weiss
Max
M
Hartmann
Bertram
B
Wendler
Thorsten
T
Parhofer
Klaus
K
Michaely
Henrik
H