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Often patients with fevers of unknown origin (FUOs) present with loss of appetite, weight loss, and night sweats, without localizing signs. Some are found to have a renal mass during diagnostic evaluation. In patients with FUOs and a renal mass, the differential diagnosis includes renal
Malacoplakia is a rare inflammatory disorder seen most often in the urinary tract, where it is highly associated with coliform infection. Although first recognized by pathologists in 1902, it has received little attention from the infectious disease community. While there remains much uncertainty
A woman of 40 years of age without any past history of urinary affections was discovered to have malacoplakia of one kidney, demonstrated by a mass in the right flank, fever, and a coliform urinary infection. No secretion from the affected side was observed on intravenous urography. Renal
Malacoplakia is a condition which occurs most often in the urogenital system, but ureteral malacoplakia is rare. A case of ureteral malacoplakia is presented. The patients was a 54-year-old woman admitted to our hospital with high fever as the chief complaint. Laboratory data suggested urinary tract
Malacoplakia is an uncommon, pathologically distinct, granulomatous disease most frequently found in the urinary tract. Malacoplakia of the colon may cause abdominal pain, diarrhea, rectal bleeding, and fever. Radiographic features are variable and include polyps, bulky masses, mucosal ulcerations,
Malakoplakia of the urinary bladder following cadaveric renal transplantation in a twenty-two-year-old woman is reported. Urinary tract infection with Escherichia coli persisted postoperatively. Three years later, gross hematuria and fever occurred. Yellow-tan mucosal plaques or nodules were
Positron emission tomography is increasingly used for the diagnosis of occult infection or malignancy. The altered metabolic rate of cells in areas of malignancy or infection provides a sensitive method to identify pathology that is otherwise not identified by standard imaging methods. This case
We report a case of prostatic malacoplakia in a 68-year-old man complaining of fever, residual urinary sensation and small urinary stream. Culture of the urine showed E. coli and Enterococcus faecalis. Digital examination and transrectal ultrasound of the prostate were most compatible with
The purpose of this article is to review the potential role of nuclear medicine scanning, especially with 67Ga, in the presumptive diagnosis and clinical management of patients with renal parenchymal malacoplakia (RPMP), a rare disease associated with coliform bacterial infection of the kidney and
Background
Rhodococcus equi-related pulmonary
malakoplakia is a rare condition with few reported cases; hereby, we present a case associated with advanced human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, and thus far to our knowledge, the first report in Mexico. It is
Two male infants aged 6 months presented with Escherichia coli septicaemia and urinary tract infection. Despite seemingly appropriate antibiotic therapy, a swinging fever, painful enlargement of both kidneys, sterile leukocyturia and renal failure persisted. Excretory urography, ultrasound scan,
We describe a four-week-old male infant with bilateral renal parenchymal malakoplakia who presented with low grade fever, convulsions and lethargy. The patient had profound anemia, hepatosplenomegaly and bilateral nephromegaly with reduced renal function. Both blood and urine cultures grew
Malakoplakia is a rare chronic inflammatory condition characterized by defective macrophage function, most of which involve the genitourinary tract, and renal parenchymal involvement is uncommon. We present a case of malakoplakia affecting renal parenchyma. A 46-year-old woman with pyrexia and
A middle-aged female was admitted with a presumptive diagnosis of pyelonephritis that failed to respond to conventional antibiotic therapy. Multiple investigations to define the etiology of the persistent fever and accompanying acute renal failure were negative. A gallium scan revealed intense
METHODS
A 45 year old man was admitted to our hospital because of fever, loss of appetite, and deterioration of general health. For two weeks the patient suffered from diarrhea which had resulted in moderate volume depletion. In addition, he complained of bilateral flank pain at the time of