[Renal malacoplakia in childhood. Report of a case]

Renal malacoplakia is a rare entity with less frequency in children. In the past 7 years it was the first case reported in a third level regional hospital. The present clinical case showed chronic urinary tract infection and IVP showed right renal exclusion. He was nephrectomized on the right side because of arterial hypertension which started in the third year of the illness. The diagnosis was made after the surgery by microscopic examination, with the characteristic Michaelis-Gutmann bodies being shown.