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284 Pancreatic Malakoplakia in a Patient with Chronic Pancreatitis: A Case Report with Literature review Open

Lilong Guo, Chadi Hajar, David Lewin · 2025

Introduction/Objective Pancreatic malakoplakia is granulomatous disease, most frequently involving the genitourinary system and commonly associated with immunosuppressed patients. However, this lesion can affect other organs, including the…

Prostatic Malakoplakia as a Mimic of Prostate Cancer Progression Open

Michael Spiker, Jacob D Pilley, Naveen K. Vaidya, Reza Manesh · 2025

Prostatic malakoplakia is a rare chronic inflammatory condition that can present as a cancer mimic and can co-occur with prostate adenocarcinoma. Typically, patients with prostate adenocarcinoma who present with evidence of disease progres…

Appendiceal malakoplakia: a review of the literature and case presentation Open

Laurențiu Augustus Barbu, Liviu Vasile, Gabriel Florin Răzvan Mogoş, Valeriu Şurlin, Ionică Daniel Vîlcea , et al. · 2025

Background/Objectives: Malakoplakia is an uncommon clinicopathological entity defined by the accumulation of dysfunctional macrophages containing undigested bacterial remnants and pathognomonic Michaelis–Gutmann bodies. Although it most fr…

Malakoplakia: A rare pathology? Open

Fernando Guerra, Cintia Giménez, Luis Alberto Palaoro, Adriana Esther Rocher, Gabriela Ruth Mendeluk · 2025

To the Editor More than a century has passed since 1903, when Professor David von Hansemann described the presence of macrophages deposited in the form of a soft plaque and coined the term of Greek origin, malakoplakia (MLP). A year later,…

Malakoplakia of the prostate: A case report Open

Q Wang, Zhigang Cao, X Wang, Qi Yang · 2025

Multifocal malacoplakia of urinary bladder involving left VUJ and concomitant malacoplakia of right distal ureter presenting with obstructive uropathy: A rare case report Open

Mohammad Shah Kamal, ATM Aman Ullah, Mohammad Nazrul Islam, Shahab Ullah Ritu, Mohammad Asad · 2025

Malacoplakia is a very rare chronic granulomatous disease. It can affect almost all organs of the urogenital system, among which the urinary bladder is most common. During cystoscopy, it may reveal sessile mass which may cause misdiagnosis…

Ureteral calculus complicated by bladder malakoplakia: A case report Open

Huajian Ye, Liming Yu, Yaokang Chen · 2025

Rationale: Bladder malakoplakia is a rare granulomatous inflammatory condition that mimics bladder tumors clinically and radiologically. This case is reported to highlight diagnostic challenges and prevent unnecessary radical surgery, emph…

Bladder Malakoplakia Masquerading as Bladder Tumor Open

Prathvi Shetty, Shivendra Agrawal, N Srinath, Amulya Aggarwal · 2025

Editor Note to “Rectal malakoplakia mimicking advanced rectal cancer: A case report Open

Dandan Zhou · 2025

Malakoplakia Masquerading As Urothelial Carcinoma: A Case Report and Review Open

Abdalla Aboelkheir, Bahaaeldeen Hesham, Senthilkumar Subramanian, Elham Mahjoor, Abubakar G. Farouk , et al. · 2025

A Case of Rectal Malakoplakia Associated With Crohn’s Disease: An Incidental Finding Open

Jean C Lafontaine Álvarez, Gabriela Portilla Skerret, M. Martínez, Rafael López Castro · 2025

Malakoplakia is a rare granulomatous disorder characterized by defective phagolysosomal activity in macrophages and the presence of Michaelis-Gutmann (MG) bodies, often affecting immunosuppressed individuals. Although it most frequently in…

Malakoplakia among kidney transplant recipients: case series and literature review Open

Ali B. Abbasi, Gerardo Gamino, Alan Zambeli-Ljepović, Adrian M. Whelan, Garrett R. Roll , et al. · 2025

We report two cases of malakoplakia after kidney transplant, a rare granulomatous condition that occurs primarily in immunocompromised patients and his thought to occur due to incomplete clearance of phagocytized bacterial residue by macro…

Malakoplakia mimicking malignant rectal carcinoma with bone erosion in a SLE patient: diagnosis insights from a case report and literature review Open

Lingshu Zhang, Jingyao Zhang, Wen Ji, Hang Yang, Ling Sun , et al. · 2025

Malakoplakia, an uncommon granulomatous inflammatory disease, is frequently associated with impaired immune function in adults, and its occurrence in patients with systemic autoimmune diseases such as SLE has not been widely studied. The v…

Malakoplakia of the testis and epididymis: A case report and literature review Open

Ran Zheng, Qiang Li, Dan Yang, Fang Nie · 2025

Renal Allograft Malakoplakia: Favorable Outcome with Early Diagnosis and Prolonged Antibiotic Therapy Open

Kalathil K. Sureshkumar, Reem Daloul, Khaled Nashar · 2025

Malakoplakia in kidney transplant recipients: Three case reports Open

Prathap Simhadri, Renish Contractor, Deepak Chandramohan, Matthew McGee, Udit Nangia , et al. · 2025

BACKGROUND Malakoplakia is a rare chronic granulomatous disease associated with gram-negative infection, predominantly by Escherichia coli. It is induced by defective phagolysosomal activity of the macrophages. Malakoplakia commonly affect…

Heterotopic pancreas and malakoplakia in abscessing intrahepatic tumor – a case report Open

Markus Reschke, P. Meister, Sven Arke Lang, Dirk Theegarten, T.F. Ulmer , et al. · 2025

Objectives The presence of heterotopic pancreatic tissue or malacoplakia in the liver is very uncommon and rarely becomes symptomatic. Case presentation Here we report of a 57-year-old female patient who received left-sided hemihepatectomy…

Malignant masquerade: A case report of urachal malakoplakia disguised as urachal tumor Open

Imad Boualaoui, Adam El Aboudi, Mohammed Ali Mikou, Hamza El Abidi, Salim Ouskri , et al. · 2025

A67 CASE REPORT: A RARE CASE OF MALAKOPLAKIA Open

Scott Bray, J Myette, A. Stueck, Harrison Petropolis · 2025

Background Malakoplakia is a rare chronic granulomatous inflammatory condition first described in the literature in 19021. It is thought to be a result of impaired macrophages ability to completely digest and kill bacteria, resulting in ph…

Glandular cystitis with nephrogenic metaplasia: an unusual finding Open

Sabrine Derqaoui, Irfan Ahmad, Ahmed Jahid, Fouad Zouaidia, Kaoutar Znati , et al. · 2025

Rare histopathological diagnosis of malakoplakia and Rosai‑Dorfman disease in the same uterus mimicking malignancy: A case report Open

Suha Shraim, Wejdan Al‐Ettewi, Ismaiel Abu Mahfouz, Mais Al‐Attar, Anwar A. Al-Masri · 2025

In the present case, a 66-year-old woman presented to the Specialty Hospital (Amman, Jordan) with recurrent post-menopausal bleeding. A pelvic ultrasound scan showed an abnormal endometrial thickness of 8 mm and no adnexal masses. An endom…

A Rare Case of Gastrointestinal Malakoplakia with Achromobacter Sepsis Open

Bipneet Singh, William Davis, Jahnavi Ethakota, Palak Grover, Anas Kutait · 2025

Cerebral Malakoplakia in a Patient with a Background of Common Variable Immune Deficiency Treated with Intravenous Antibiotics: A Case Report Open

M Taifour Suliman, M.B. AbdulRahman, J W Geary Grant, Anwar Al Albri, M. Chong , et al. · 2025

Malakoplakia associated with diarrhoea and colonic lesions after rituximab treatment Open

Yaqoub Alshatti, Meshaan Alenezi · 2024

Malakoplakia is a rare granulomatous condition that occurs due to defective lysosomal digestion during phagocytosis and can mimic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) or malignancies, particularly in immunosuppressed patients. We report the ca…

Recurrent bladder malakoplakia: A rare bladder lesion mimicking malignancy Open

Mukund Tinguria · 2024

Background: Malakoplakia is a rare granulomatous disease that commonly involves the genitourinary tract with the urinary bladder being the most frequently affected site. It is characterized by histiocytes containing distinct basophilic cal…

Pulmonary malakoplakia due to Prescottella (Rhodococcus) soli in a renal transplant recipient: First reported case Open

Victoria Jordan, S. Mallawathantri, Ayesha Akram, Hemalatha Varadhan · 2024

Prescottella (Rhodococcus) soli is a soil-dwelling organism not previously thought to be pathogenic in humans. We discuss the case of a 78-year-old male renal transplant recipient presenting with respiratory symptoms and multiple pulmonary…

A rare case of prostatic malakoplakia with multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli: a case report Open

Qing Yang, Xiaokang Chen, G. H. Kou, Xue Ji · 2024

Prostatic malakoplakia is an uncommon chronic inflammatory disorder, tumor-like but non-cancerous, the diagnosis of which pivots crucially on the identification of characteristic Michaelis-Gutmann bodies within the pathological tissue. We …

Long-Term Observation of Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis after Treatment of Renal Parenchymal Malakoplakia: A Case Report Open

Reiji Takami, Yoshikuni Nagayama, Hiroki Nishiwaki, Toshiharu Ueno, Shigeki Iwasaki , et al. · 2024

Introduction: Malakoplakia is a rare and chronic granulomatous disease that is pathologically characterized by the presence of Michaelis-Gutmann bodies and large macrophage clusters. Malakoplakia of the renal parenchyma is especially rare.…

A Case Report of Malakoplakia of the Gallbladder: A Diagnostic Challenge and Pathological Surprise Open

Aayush Lakkanna, Lileswar Kaman, Niladri Mohan Raypattanaik, Naveen Pentakota, Aravind Sekar · 2024

Prostatic malakoplakia: A case report Open

Sitong Guo, Yuejun Liu, Wenbo Wang, Juan Tao · 2024