title: Pulmonary malacoplakia.
abstract: We report a case of a 76-year-old man with bilateral pulmonary and pleural nodules and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Laboratory investigations revealed no sign of immunodeficiency. Pleural, pulmonary and diaphragmatic biopsies were taken through a mini-thoracotomy. Pathology showed Michaelis-Gutmann inclusion bodies and diagnosis of malacoplakia was made. Malacoplakia masquerading as bilateral tumour masses was thought to be noteworthy especially in an immunocompetent patient.
authors.affiliation: Yedikule Teaching Hospital for Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Istanbul, Turkey. alikilicgun@mynet.com
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authors.lastname: Kiliçgün
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authors.lastname: Turna
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authors.lastname: Gürses
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008287:Malacoplakia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed