Bladder Malakoplakia Mimicking Bladder Cancer.
10.3904/kjm.2017.92.5.476
- Author:
Hak Soo KIM
1
;
Soo Yong CHOI
;
Sung Eun KIM
;
Kihoon LEE
;
Hyun Ju LEE
;
Gil Hyun KANG
;
Hoon YU
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Gangneung Asan Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Gangneung, Korea. hoon2345@naver.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Malakoplakia;
Urinary tract infection;
Bladder cancer
- MeSH:
Humans;
Malacoplakia*;
Urinary Bladder Neoplasms*;
Urinary Bladder*;
Urinary Tract Infections
- From:Korean Journal of Medicine
2017;92(5):476-479
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Malakoplakia is an extremely rare granulomatous disease caused by infection and known to occur mostly in immune-compromised hosts. The most common site of involvement is the bladder. Patients with malakoplakia of the bladder present with multiple intravesical masses and are often misdiagnosed with bladder cancer. As a result, appropriate treatment is delayed. Here we report a case of a patient with malakoplakia of the bladder that was misdiagnosed as bladder cancer.
