Malakoplakia of the prostate diagnosed in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia and elevated prostate-specific antigen

Fredy Leonardo Muñoz Gonzalez; William Luís de Oliveira; Nelson Brancaccio dos Santos; Saul Gun; Jose Luís Ferreira Duque

doi:10.23925/1984-4840.2018v20i2a9

Authors

Fredy Leonardo Muñoz Gonzalez Hospital Samaritano de Sorocaba. Divisão de Urologia – Sorocaba (SP), Brasil.
William Luís de Oliveira Hospital Samaritano de Sorocaba. Divisão de Urologia – Sorocaba (SP), Brasil.
Nelson Brancaccio dos Santos Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP), Faculdade de Ciências Médicas e da Saúde (FCMS) – Sorocaba (SP), Brasil.
Saul Gun Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP), Faculdade de Ciências Médicas e da Saúde (FCMS) – Sorocaba (SP), Brasil.
Jose Luís Ferreira Duque Hospital Samaritano de Sorocaba. Divisão de Urologia – Sorocaba (SP), Brasil.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23925/1984-4840.2018v20i2a9

Keywords:

malakoplakia, prostatic hyperplasia, prostate-specific antigen, diagnosis, differential

Abstract

Malakoplakia is a rare chronic inflammatory disease which affects the genitourinary system, particularly the bladder, the kidneys and the ureters. Isolated involvement of the prostate is much rarer. Differential diagnosis of adenocarcinoma of the prostate can be extremely difficult, because of clinical and imaging similarities. Patients with frequent occurrence of benign prostatic hyperplasia and urinary tract infection need to be prepared for a diagnosis of malakoplakia.

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