No significant risk of secondary prostatic cancer in a patient with prostatic malakoplakia after a four-year follow-up

Malakoplakia is a rare granulomatous inflammatory condition, which is usually mistaken as malignant because prostatic malakoplakia can cause the formation of a prostatic mass and thickening of the bladder wall. The diagnosis of malakoplakia requires a histopathologic examination and is strongly supp...

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Published inInternational journal of clinical and experimental pathology Vol. 11; no. 8; pp. 4153 - 4157
Main Authors Zhao, Hong, Shi, Yu, Cheng, Jinlin, Shao, Fenglin, Ma, Weihang, Sheng, Jifang
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States e-Century Publishing Corporation 01.01.2018
Subjects
Case Report
follow-up
Malakoplakia
prostatic malignancy
prostate-specific antigen
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Summary:Malakoplakia is a rare granulomatous inflammatory condition, which is usually mistaken as malignant because prostatic malakoplakia can cause the formation of a prostatic mass and thickening of the bladder wall. The diagnosis of malakoplakia requires a histopathologic examination and is strongly supported by the presence of Michaelis-Gutmann bodies. It has been reported that malakoplakia of the prostate (prostatic malakoplakia) may be accompanied by a tumor. We report a case of malakoplakia which was initially diagnosed as prostate carcinoma but revised based on a perineal biopsy. We did not find prostate carcinoma with a 4 year follow-up.
Bibliography:Equal contributors.
ISSN:1936-2625