title: [Malacoplakia of the seminal vesicles. Case report and particularities].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Malacoplakia is a rare chronic granulomatous disorder that mostly affects the urogenital system. This article describes a case of uncommon location of this disease at the level of the seminal vesicles and the clinical, imaging and histological particularities of this medical entity.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report the case of a 69 year-old male consulting for constitutional syndrome that presented a pelvic tumor on the image studies, possibly arising in the seminal vesicles.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The diagnosis was made after performing transrectal ultrasound and seminal vesicles biopsy by the pathognomonic histological findings of Michaelis Gutmann bodies. The presence of E. Coli in urine culture in our patient justified the use of a long-term antibiotic therapy such as quinolones with very good results.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Malacoplakia of the seminal vesicles is an extremely rare condition, sometimes with non-specific clinical presentation. Its diagnosis is histological and it has good response to prolonged antibiotic therapy with a benign outcome.
authors.affiliation: Urology Department. Hospital Carlos Haya, Málaga, Spain. barnoiu@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Ovidiu-Spiru
authors.initials: OS
authors.lastname: Barnoiu
authors.forename: Jose Angel
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Gómez Pascual
authors.forename: Pablo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Navarro Vílchez
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Blanco Reina
authors.forename: Antonia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moreno Ramos
authors.forename: Eloy
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vivas Vargas
authors.forename: Emilio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Emmanuel Tejero
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sánchez Luque
authors.forename: Víctor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Baena González
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000032:analysis; D015214:Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic / Q000032:analysis; D001706:Biopsy; D003594:Cytoplasmic Granules / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008287:Malacoplakia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D012669:Seminal Vesicles / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography; D000097382:CD68 Molecule
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD; D015214:Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic; C067980:CD68 antigen, human; D000097382:CD68 Molecule