title: Solitary upper ureteral malakoplakia successfully diagnosed by ureteroscopic biopsy and treated conservatively.
abstract: Malakoplakia of the urinary tract is a granulomatous inflammatory disease due to bacterial infection and can usually be treated conservatively, whereas all of the past reported patients with solitary ureteral malakoplakia underwent surgical excision. We report a patient with solitary isolated upper ureteral malakoplakia that was successfully diagnosed by ureteroscopic biopsy. After conservative treatment with levofloxacin, bethanechol chloride and ascorbic acid, her right hydronephrosis and the lesion were reduced for more than six months.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Takamitsu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nishiyama
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshimura
authors.forename: Noriyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Toshiyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kamoto
authors.forename: Tomonori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Habuchi
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ogawa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008287:Malacoplakia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D014515:Ureteral Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D018666:Ureteroscopy