Malakoplakie of the ovary: Case report and litterature review

Malakoplakie, also known as malakoplasia [1], is an infl ammatory granulomatous disease induced by defective phagocytic macrophagic activity. It usually affects the whole body, but the genitourinary tract in about 75% of reported cases. Other organs such as the gastrointestinal tract, thyroid, pancreas, liver, brain, lymph nodes, adrenals, skin, bones, backpertis and ovary are less common. It represents a defi cit in the macrophagic digestion of bacteria, but its precise pathogenesis is not yet clear [1]. Its treatment is essentially based on antibiotic therapy [2]. We report a malakoplakie observation in order to expose the diffi culties associated with its management in a resource-limited environment.