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malacoplakia Translationsmalacoplakia
malacoplakia[‚mal·ə·kə′plā·kē·ə] (medicine) The accumulation of modified histiocytes (malacoplakia cells) to produce soft, pale, elevated plaques, usually in the urinary bladder of middle-aged women. malacoplakia
malacoplakia [mal″ah-ko-pla´ke-ah] a circumscribed area of softening on the membrane lining a hollow organ, as the ureter, urethra, or renal pelvis.malacoplakia vesi´cae a flat yellow growth on the mucosa of the bladder and ureters, resulting from infection.mal·a·co·pla·ki·a , malakoplakia (mal'ă-kō-plā'kē-ă, mal'a-kō-plā'kē-a), Rare lesion in the mucosa of the urinary bladder and other organs, more frequent in women, characterized by numerous mottled yellow and gray soft plaques and nodules that consist of numerous macrophages and calcospherites (Michaelis-Guttmann bodies) that may form around intracellular bacteria, usually Escherichia coli. [malaco- + G. plax, plate, plaque] mal·a·co·pla·ki·a (mal'ă-kō-plā'kē-ă) Rare lesion most commonly seen in the mucosa of the urinary bladder, characterized by mottled yellow and gray soft nodules that consist of macrophages and calcospherites (Michaelis-Guttmann bodies). [malaco- + G. plax, plate, plaque]malacoplakia A form of persistent inflammation of the urinary bladder featuring soft, pale, elevated plaques composed of MACROPHAGES and LYMPHOCYTES. The condition most commonly affects middle-aged women. |