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[Malacoplakia within a female urethral diverticulum]
José Luis Rosales Leal1, José Manual Cózar Olmo, Francisco Javier Vicente Prados
1Servicio de Urología, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, España. jrosal@fundacionhvn.org
Objectives:
We report one case of malakoplakia within a female urethral diverticulum.
Methods:
33-year-old patient who consulted for an asymptomatic vaginal tumor. Physical examination, blood and urine analysis and microbiology tests, as well as urethrocystoscopy and intravenous pyelogram were performed. With the diagnosis of urethral diverticulum we undertook surgical excision through a vaginal approach.
Results:
Pathology revealed the typical characteristics of malakoplakia within the diverticular lumen.
Conclusions:
Malakoplakia is an infrequent inflammatory disease which involves the urinary tract in most cases. Urethra location is exceptional.
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