The case of the infectious. Renal and retroperitoneal duodenal malacoplakia Case report and review of the topic

Abstract

Here we present a case of a 52 year old woman resident in Medellín, Colombia, who carne for a check up to the Hospital Pablo Tobon Uribe with a history of Diabetes Mellitus and with two-month symptoms of fever, chills, weight loss, and a retroperitoneal mass along with a compromise of a right kidney and duodenum. The diagnosis of Malacoplakia was done with a biopsy and confirmed at the Pathology Institute of the Armed Forces in Washington. This is the third case diagnosed in Colombia and the first one located in this site. The patient received treatment with ciprofloxacine and two years after treatment she still in good health conditions.