ABSTRACT
Malakoplakia is a rare chronic inflammatory disease often confused with neoplasia. In this paper we report two cases of pulmonary Malakoplakia, both with typical clinical diagnosis of tuberculosis and lung cancer. A patient with human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-1) and diagnosis of adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma, and another patient with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which was treated for tuberculosis, but, after pulmonary lobectomy, was evidenced Rodococosis equi, progressed to death...
Malacoplaquia é uma rara doença inflamatória crônica muitas vezes confundida com neoplasia. Neste artigo, relatam-se dois casos de malacoplaquia pulmonar, ambos com quadro clínico sugestivo de tuberculose e neoplasia pulmonar. Uma paciente com vírus T-linfotrópico humano tipo I (HTLV-1) e diagnóstico de leucemia/linfoma de células T do adulto, e um paciente com vírus da imunodeficiência humana (HIV), tratado para tuberculose, mas após lobectomia pulmonar foi evidenciado Rodococose equi, evoluindo para óbito...