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[Bladder malacoplakia: 14-year follow-up of a case]
A Collado Serra1, F M García de Vicuña, J Ponce de León Roca
1Servicio de Urología, Fundación Puigvert, Barcelona, España.
Objective:
To describe the clinical findings, treatment and results of long-term follow-up of a case of malacoplakia of the bladder.
Methods/Results:
After diagnostic endoscopic evaluation, transurethral resection of the lesion was performed and antibiotic therapy was administered. The same treatment was repeated 4 years later. During the following 10 years, the patient had a yearly endoscopic evaluation that showed no recurrence of the lesion.
Conclusions:
Transurethral resection combined with antibiotic therapy is effective in the treatment of malacoplakia of the bladder. The importance of long-term follow-up of the patient is emphasized.