Prostatic malacoplakia: a case report
Takatera, H.; Yasunaga, Y.; Kuroda, H.; Fujioka, H.; Tsujimoto, M.
Hinyokika Kiyo. Acta Urologica Japonica 39(12): 1175-1177
1993
ISSN/ISBN: 0018-1994 PMID: 7904420 Document Number: 406877
We report a case of prostatic malacoplakia in a 68-year-old man complaining of fever, residual urinary sensation and small urinary stream. Culture of the urine showed E. coli and Enterococcus faecalis. Digital examination and transrectal ultrasound of the prostate were most compatible with carcinoma. However, transrectal needle biopsy revealed the histopathological features of malacoplakia. The patient had been treated with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, bethanechol and ascorbic acid for 5 months. Twenty-seven cases of prostatic malacoplakia in the Japanese literature are reviewed.