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==Gross==
==Gross==
*Yellow mass.<ref>URL: [http://www.pathconsultddx.com/pathCon/diagnosis?pii=S1559-8675(06)70719-7 http://www.pathconsultddx.com/pathCon/diagnosis?pii=S1559-8675(06)70719-7]. Accessed on: 9 September 2010.</ref>
*Yellow mass.<ref>URL: [http://www.pathconsultddx.com/pathCon/diagnosis?pii=S1559-8675(06)70719-7 http://www.pathconsultddx.com/pathCon/diagnosis?pii=S1559-8675(06)70719-7]. Accessed on: 9 September 2010.</ref>
**May mimic renal cell carcinoma.
**May mimic [[renal cell carcinoma]].


==Microscopic==
==Microscopic==
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**If you cannot find the Michaelis-Gutmann bodies... it is a xanthogranulomatous process, e.g. [[xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis]], xanthogranulomatous cystitis.
**If you cannot find the Michaelis-Gutmann bodies... it is a xanthogranulomatous process, e.g. [[xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis]], xanthogranulomatous cystitis.
*[[Granuloma|Granulomatous inflammation]].
*[[Granuloma|Granulomatous inflammation]].
*Papillary [[renal cell carcinoma]].
*[[Papillary renal cell carcinoma]].
*Infarction (prostate).
*Infarction (prostate).



Revision as of 21:43, 17 April 2012

Malakoplakia is a thingy that typically arises in the bladder.

General

Gross

Microscopic

Features:[3]

  • Basophilic calcified lysosomes (Michaelis-Gutmann bodies) -- key feature.
    • May be inside or outside of macrophages - often size of RBC or larger.
  • Large foamy macrophages with granular cytoplasm.
  • Occasional multinucleated giant cell.
  • Lymphocytes.

DDx:

Images:

Stains

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Yousef, GM.; Naghibi, B.; Hamodat, MM. (Feb 2007). "Malakoplakia outside the urinary tract.". Arch Pathol Lab Med 131 (2): 297-300. doi:10.1043/1543-2165(2007)131[297:MOTUT]2.0.CO;2. PMID 17284117.
  2. URL: http://www.pathconsultddx.com/pathCon/diagnosis?pii=S1559-8675(06)70719-7. Accessed on: 9 September 2010.
  3. Cotran, Ramzi S.; Kumar, Vinay; Fausto, Nelson; Nelso Fausto; Robbins, Stanley L.; Abbas, Abul K. (2005). Robbins and Cotran pathologic basis of disease (7th ed.). St. Louis, Mo: Elsevier Saunders. pp. 1027. ISBN 0-7216-0187-1.