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ArticleMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)2023

A Surgical Challenge Generated by Colonic Malakoplakia in Disguise as a Locally Advanced Colonic Malignancy-A Case Report.

Cristina Șerban, Alexandra Toma, Dragoș Cristian Voicu, Constantin Popazu, Dorel Firescu, George Țocu, Raul Mihailov, Laura Rebegea

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Article in Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Appendiceal malakoplakia: a review of the literature and case presentation.Romanian journal of morphology and embryology = Revue roumaine de morphologie et embryologie
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Cristina ȘerbanSurgical Department, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, "Dunărea de Jos" University of Galați, 800201 Galați, Romania.
Alexandra TomaSurgical Clinical Department, Emergency Clinical County Hospital of Braila, 810325 Braila, Romania.
Dragoș Cristian VoicuSurgical Department, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, "Dunărea de Jos" University of Galați, 800201 Galați, Romania.
Constantin PopazuSurgical Clinical Department, Emergency Clinical County Hospital of Braila, 810325 Braila, Romania.
Dorel FirescuSurgical Department, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, "Dunărea de Jos" University of Galați, 800201 Galați, Romania.
George ȚocuPharmaceutical Sciences Department, "Sf. Apostol Andrei" Emergency Clinical County Hospital, 800578 Galați, Romania.
Raul MihailovSurgical Department, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, "Dunărea de Jos" University of Galați, 800201 Galați, Romania.
Laura RebegeaRadiotherapy Department, "Sf. Apostol Andrei" Emergency Clinical County Hospital, 800578 Galați, Romania.
Clinical Emergency Hospital Bucharest · RO"Dunarea de Jos" University of Galati · RO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Colonic malakoplakia is an uncommon granulomatous development of cells resulting from the impaired capacity of the mononuclear cells to eliminate the phagocytosed bacteria, and in rare cases it can also affect the gastrointestinal tract. We report the case of a 78-year-old female patient that was admitted to hospital by The Emergency Department with the diagnosis of bowel obstruction, confirmed by the clinical and paraclinical investigations. We decided to surgically manage the case for suspicious symptomatic colonic neoplasm. The histological examination of the surgical specimens revealed colonic malakoplakia, characterized by the presence of the aggregated granular histiocytes and Michaelis-Gutmann bodies. Through this paper, we want to raise awareness for Malakoplakia, which remains an extremely rare disease that may affect multiple organs, and because it does not present specific symptoms or clinical manifestations, the final diagnosis remains the histopathological study. The clinical conduct should be decided after taking into consideration all the aspects of this pathology along with the benefits and risks for the patient.

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Colonic NeoplasmsMalacoplakiaAgedFemaleHumanscoloncolorectal surgeryintestinal obstructionmalakoplakiaMichaelis-Gutmann bodies

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PMID36676780
PMCPMC9860922
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