Malacoplakia of the Prostate / 대한비뇨기과학회지

ABSTRACT

Malacoplakia is a rare granulomatous inflammatory disease, which most frequently involves the urinary tract and especially the urinary bladder. The prostatic involvement of malacoplakia is rare and only two cases have been reported in the Korean literature. Malacoplakia of the prostate may clinically mimic prostate cancer or chronic prostatitis. We report a case of malacoplakia of the prostate in a 71-year-old man, which was initially misdiagnosed as prostate cancer or prostatitis.