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Malakoplakia in a colonic tubular adenoma: a...
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Malakoplakia in a colonic tubular adenoma: a unique case presentation

Abstract

Malakoplakia is an unusual characteristic inflammatory condition, it is distinctive feature is the presence of histiocytic cells with eosinophilic granular cytoplasm, often known as “von Hansemann’s histiocytes”, along with the pathognomonic siderocalcific Michaelis-Gutmann bodies (MGBs). We present a case of malakoplakia within a colonic adenoma seen against a background of Enterococcus infection. To our knowledge, this is a unique …

Authors

Gupta A; Al-Zawi ASA; Naqvi A; Salama S; Abohamod E; Alowami S

Journal

Nowotwory Journal of Oncology, Vol. 67, No. 6, pp. 365–369

Publisher

VM Media Group sp. z o.o

DOI

10.5603/njo.2017.0059

ISSN

0029-540X