A Case Report of Omentum and Inguinal Lymph Node\'s Malakoplakia in Ulcerative Colitis

Abstract

This report describes a rare case of omentum and inguinal lymph node’s malakoplakia associated with inflammatory bowel disease(ulcerative colitis) in a 23 year – old man. He was admitted for the first time by fever , bloody diarrhea , abdominal pain and mass. During 4 years after first admission , patient had recurrent attack of bloody diarrhea , Weight loss and extraintestinal manifestations . In the last time , patient had perianal abscess , rectal stenosis associated with inguinal lymphadenopathy and omental masses . Pathologic examination of omentum and lymph node’s biopsy revealed a diffuse infiltration of macrophages with granular Periodic – Acid – Schiff positive and diagnostic bodies (Michaelis – Gutmann’s bodies) .

Keywords

• periodic-asid-schiff
• malakoplakia
• michaelis-gutmann’s bodies
• ulcerative colitis