Case 4.
Malakoplakia of colon
(36 y-o M)
Colon biopsy for a soft submucosal lesion with a polypoid projection
Key words :
malakoplakia,
E. coli
, Michaelis-Gutmann body
Michaelis-Gutmann bodies seen in the cytoplasm of foamy macrophages forming xanthogranuloma (HE)
Michaelis-Gutmann bodies are PAS-positive.
Hemosiderin deposition seen in Michaelis-Gutmann bodies (Berlin blue)
E. coli
antigens seen in Michaelis-Gutmann bodies (immunostaining)