title: Cutaneous malakoplakia masquerading as pyoderma gangrenosum.
abstract: Cutaneous malakoplakia is a rare infection-related granulomatous disease frequently associated with immunocompromised states. Foamy macrophages containing basophilic granules, called the Michaelis-Gutman bodies, are pathognomonic. We report a case of cutaneous malakoplakia in a 77-year-old male with pyoderma gangrenosum and a 2-year history of a non-healing malleolar ulcer treated successfully with cotrimoxazole.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, "Dr. Manuel Gea Gonzalez" General Hospital, Mexico City, Mexico.
authors.forename: Mariam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Smith-Pliego
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, "Dr. Manuel Gea Gonzalez" General Hospital, Mexico City, Mexico.
authors.forename: Jose
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6832-5915
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Contreras-Ruiz
authors.affiliation: International Interdisciplinary Wound and Ostomy Care Center, Sunnybrook & Women's College Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Canada.
authors.forename: Siobhan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ryan
authors.affiliation: International Interdisciplinary Wound and Ostomy Care Center, Sunnybrook & Women's College Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Canada.
authors.forename: R Gary
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Sibbald
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Sunnybrook & Women's College Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Canada.
authors.forename: Wedad
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hanna
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, "Dr. Manuel Gea Gonzalez" General Hospital, Mexico City, Mexico.|Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico.
authors.forename: Rodrigo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Roldan-Marin
mesh_terms: D000279:Administration, Cutaneous; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D008287:Malacoplakia / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D017511:Pyoderma Gangrenosum / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Cutaneous malakoplakia; Michaelis-Gutmann bodies; Pyoderma gangrenosum; Skin ulcer