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Malakoplakia in a Transplanted Liver

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Malakoplakia is a rare acquired histiocytic disorder first described in the urinary bladder. There have been 8 cases reported involving the liver, and this is the first reported case of malakoplakia involving an adult transplanted liver. We report a 63-year-old man with a medical history of orthotopic liver transplantation who presented with fever, chills, and abdominal pain. Imaging found confluent microabscesses in the right lobe of the liver that persisted despite prolonged antibiotics. He was taken to the operating room for a segment 6 hepatectomy of the abscess. Histologically, the inflammatory process showed malakoplakia.

Source: ACG Case Reports Journal

DOI: 10.14309/crj.0000000000001486

Authors: Zaid Ansari, Akram Ahmad, Pablo A. Bejarano, Antonio Pinna, Xaralambos Zervos

Institutions: Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland Clinic Florida

Language: English

Topic: Histiocytic Disorders and Treatments

Subfield: Physiology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4402398770

FWCI: 0.239

Cites: 11

Cited by: 1

Related to: 10