Cutaneous malakoplakia: case report and review*

Malakoplakia is a rare acquired disease that can affect many systems but is more common in the urogenital tract. Cutaneous malakoplakia is even rarer. It is far more frequent in immunodeficient patients. We report a case of cutaneous malakoplakia in a kidney transplant patient who had recently stopp...

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Autores principales: Afonso, João Paulo Junqueira Magalhães, Ando, Patricia Naomi, Padilha, Maria Helena Valle de Queiroz, Michalany, Nilceo Schwery, Porro, Adriana Maria
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3754379/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23793204
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20131790
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Sumario:Malakoplakia is a rare acquired disease that can affect many systems but is more common in the urogenital tract. Cutaneous malakoplakia is even rarer. It is far more frequent in immunodeficient patients. We report a case of cutaneous malakoplakia in a kidney transplant patient who had recently stopped receiving immunosuppressive therapy to illustrate a review of the relevant recent literature.

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