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Genitourinary Malakoplakia
Author(s) -
OLMO J. M. COZAR,
CARCAMO P.,
IRIARTE E. GASTON DE,
JIMENEZ F.,
MARTINEZPINEIRO L.,
MARTINEZPINEIRO J. A.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
british journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 0007-1331
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1993.tb06446.x
Subject(s) - malakoplakia , medicine , genitourinary system , lesion , disease , surgery , ascorbic acid , pathology , chemistry , food science
Summary— Between 1973 and 1991, 13 patients with malakoplakia (MKP) have been diagnosed and treated. The lesions involved all sites in the genitourinary tract; 2 patients had multiple and 11 had single lesions. Treatment was based on 2 criteria: (a) pharmacological treatment with trimethoprim‐sulphamethoxazole and/or ascorbic acid and/or bethanechol chloride; (b) excision of the MKP lesion either endoscopically or by open surgery. Two patients died (1 from multiple MKP and the other from a myocardial infarct); the remainder did well. The pathogenic, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of the disease are discussed.