Abstract
Malakoplakia of the lung is rare and till 1999 only 14 cases had been described in medical literature, in AIDS patients. It is an unusual inflammatory process of unknown cause which is characterised by yellow brown plaques composed primarily of macrophages with large PAS positive intracytoplasmic inclusions and concentrically laminated calcific spherules known as Michaelis Gutmann bodies [4]. It clinically simulates malignancy in a variety of organs and most commonly it affects the lower urinary tract [5]. We describe here a case of pulmonary malakoplakia in an immunocompromised host.
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