Malakoplakia of the Kidney Extending to the Descending Colon in a Patient with Secondary Adrenal Insufficiency: A Case Report.
10.4082/kjfm.2011.32.6.367
- Author:
Soo Jin JUNG
1
;
Hee Cheol KANG
;
Jun Jeong CHOI
Author Information
1. Department of Family Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. kanghc@yuhs.ac
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Malakoplakia;
Adrenal Insufficiency;
Diabetes Mellitus;
Korea
- MeSH:
Adrenal Insufficiency;
Aged;
Alcoholism;
Autoimmune Diseases;
Colon, Descending;
Diabetes Mellitus;
Female;
Humans;
Immunosuppression;
Inflammation;
Kidney;
Korea;
Malacoplakia;
Transplants;
Urinary Bladder
- From:Korean Journal of Family Medicine
2011;32(6):367-372
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Malakoplakia is an uncommon but distinctive type of chronic granulomatous inflammation that occurs most commonly in the genitourinary tract, especially the urinary bladder. Most patients have associated conditions characterized by some degree of immunosuppression, as seen in solid-organ transplants, autoimmune diseases requiring steroid use, chemotherapy, chronic systemic diseases, alcohol abuse and poorly controlled diabetes. We report an unusual case of the renal malakoplakia that involved the perirenal space, extending to the descending colon in a 65-year-old Korean woman with secondary adrenal insufficiency and diabetes mellitus.
