Abstract:Malacoplakia is a rare chronic inflammatory process characterized histologically by the collection of histiocytes with acidophilic granular cytoplasm, so-called von Hansemann cells, some of them rounded lamellar basophilic inclusions in the cytoplasm called Michaelis-Gutmann bodies or calcospherites. In 1902, Michaelis and Gutmann described malacoplakia in the urinary tract and until the last two decades, it was thought to be confined to the urinary tract, when cases in other sites were reported. The exact eti… Show more
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