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Case Reports
. 2022 Dec 29;8(3):680-684.
doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2022.12.016. eCollection 2023 Mar.

Malakoplakia of the Kidney Transplant

Jefferson L Triozzi  1 , Joshua V Rodriguez  2 , Ramya Velagapudi  3 , Mohammad Kazem Fallahzadeh  1   4 , Laura A Binari  1 , Paisit Paueksakon  5 , Agnes B Fogo  1   5 , Beatrice P Concepcion  1
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Malakoplakia of the Kidney Transplant

Jefferson L Triozzi et al. Kidney Int Rep. .
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Figure 1
Figure 1
Light microscopic images of the second kidney allograft biopsy. (a) Two biopsy cores with Periodic acid-Schiff stain, and (b) von Hansemann cells with Michaelis-Gutmann bodies (arrows) demonstrated by Periodic acid-Schiff stain, (c) von Kossa (phosphate) stain, and (d) iron stain.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Pathogenesis of malakoplakia in the kidney. Malakoplakia may result from impaired killing and elimination of bacteria by the macrophage phagolysosome, resulting in the accumulation of enlarged macrophages (von Hansemann cells) with densely calcified cores composed of undigested bacteria and bacterial products (Michaelis-Gutmann bodies). Created in biorender.com.
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