Malakoplakia of the colon following renal transplantation in a 73 year old woman: report of a case presenting as intestinal perforation

Abstract Background Malakoplakia is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by tissue infiltrates of large granular macrophages containing distinctive intracytoplasmic inclusions termed Michaelis-Gutmann (MG) bodies. The genitourinary system is the most commonly involved site, followed by the g...

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Main Authors: Andrew Mitchell, Alexandre Dugas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-03-01
Series:Diagnostic Pathology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13000-019-0799-z