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Malacoplakia of the colon: Report of a case, with a review of eight previous case reports

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

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The ninth case of malacoplakia of the colon, involving the ascending and transverse portions and occurring in a 47-year-old emaciated woman, is presented. The patient died of a large intestinal obstruction syndrome caused by malacoplakia. A review and discussion of eight previous case reports are also presented. Microscopically, the lesion was characterized by masses and sheets of large macrophages with granular eosinophilic PAS-positive, well-outlined cytoplasm containing classic Michaelis-Gutmann bodies.

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    Teresa de la Garza M.D., Victor Nuñez-Rasilla M.D., Roberto Alegre-Palafox M.D. & Jorge Albores-Saavedra M.D.

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de la Garza, T., Nuñez-Rasilla, V., Alegre-Palafox, R. et al. Malacoplakia of the colon: Report of a case, with a review of eight previous case reports. Dis Colon Rectum 16, 216–223 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02600969

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