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'''Malakoplakia''' is a thingy that typically arises in the bladder. | '''Malakoplakia''' is a thingy that typically arises in the bladder. | ||
Microscopic | ==Gross== | ||
*Yellow mass.<ref>URL: [http://www.pathconsultddx.com/pathCon/diagnosis?pii=S1559-8675(06)70719-7 http://www.pathconsultddx.com/pathCon/diagnosis?pii=S1559-8675(06)70719-7]. Accessed on: 9 September 2010.</ref> | |||
**May mimic renal cell carcinoma. | |||
==Microscopic== | |||
Features:<ref>{{Ref PBoD|1027}}</ref> | |||
*Large foamy macrophages with granular cytoplasm. | *Large foamy macrophages with granular cytoplasm. | ||
*Occasional multinucleated giant cell. | *Occasional multinucleated giant cell. | ||
Revision as of 05:16, 9 September 2010
Malakoplakia is a thingy that typically arises in the bladder.
Gross
- Yellow mass.[1]
- May mimic renal cell carcinoma.
Microscopic
Features:[2]
- Large foamy macrophages with granular cytoplasm.
- Occasional multinucleated giant cell.
- Lymphocytes.
- Basophilic calcified lysosomes (Michaelis-Gutmann bodies).
- May be inside or outside of macrophages - often size of RBC or larger.
Image:
See also
References
- ↑ URL: http://www.pathconsultddx.com/pathCon/diagnosis?pii=S1559-8675(06)70719-7. Accessed on: 9 September 2010.
- ↑ Cotran, Ramzi S.; Kumar, Vinay; Fausto, Nelson; Nelso Fausto; Robbins, Stanley L.; Abbas, Abul K. (2005). Robbins and Cotran pathologic basis of disease (7th ed.). St. Louis, Mo: Elsevier Saunders. pp. 1027. ISBN 0-7216-0187-1.