[Malacoplakia of the seminal vesicles. Case report and particularities]

Malacoplakia is a rare chronic granulomatous disorder that mostly affects the urogenital system. This article describes a case of uncommon location of this disease at the level of the seminal vesicles and the clinical, imaging and histological particularities of this medical entity.

We report the case of a 69 year-old male consulting for constitutional syndrome that presented a pelvic tumor on the image studies, possibly arising in the seminal vesicles.

The diagnosis was made after performing transrectal ultrasound and seminal vesicles biopsy by the pathognomonic histological findings of Michaelis Gutmann bodies. The presence of E. Coli in urine culture in our patient justified the use of a long-term antibiotic therapy such as quinolones with very good results.

Malacoplakia of the seminal vesicles is an extremely rare condition, sometimes with non-specific clinical presentation. Its diagnosis is histological and it has good response to prolonged antibiotic therapy with a benign outcome.