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Cytologic Findings of Malakoplakia of the Uterine Cervix and the Vagina -A Case Report -

자궁경부와 질에 발생한 연화판증의 세포소견 -1예 보고-

  • Chun, Yi-Kyeong (Department of Pathology, Cheil General Hospital and Women's Healthcare Center, Kwandong Cniversity College of Medicine) ;
  • Hong, Sung-Ran (Department of Pathology, Cheil General Hospital and Women's Healthcare Center, Kwandong Cniversity College of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Hye-Sun (Department of Pathology, Cheil General Hospital and Women's Healthcare Center, Kwandong Cniversity College of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Ji-Young (Department of Pathology, Cheil General Hospital and Women's Healthcare Center, Kwandong Cniversity College of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Bok-Man (Department of Pathology, Cheil General Hospital and Women's Healthcare Center, Kwandong Cniversity College of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Hy-Sook (Department of Pathology, Cheil General Hospital and Women's Healthcare Center, Kwandong Cniversity College of Medicine)
  • 전이경 (관동대학교 의과대학 제일병원 병리과) ;
  • 홍성란 (관동대학교 의과대학 제일병원 병리과) ;
  • 김혜선 (관동대학교 의과대학 제일병원 병리과) ;
  • 김지영 (관동대학교 의과대학 제일병원 병리과) ;
  • 김복만 (관동대학교 의과대학 제일병원 병리과) ;
  • 김희숙 (관동대학교 의과대학 제일병원 병리과)
  • Published : 2008.09.30

Abstract

Malakoplakia is an uncommon chronic granulomatous inflammation that usually involves the urinary and gastrointestinal tracts, but rarely affects the female genital tract. We experienced a case of malakoplakia in a cervicovaginal smear in a 54-year-old woman. Colposcopic examination showed a friable, easily bleeding tissue in the uterine cervix and the vaginal fornix. The cervicovaginal smear consisted of numerous isolated histiocytes, polymorphonuclear leukocytes, lymphocytes, and plasma cells. The histiocytes had an abundant, granular, and degenerated cytoplasm with inflammatory cell debris. Michaelis-Gutmann bodies were readily identified.

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