TY  - EJOU
AU  - Guner, Gunes 
AU  - Akdogan, Bulent 
AU  - Baydar, Dilek Ertoy 

TI  - Malakoplakia of prostate as a complication of transrectal needle biopsy
T2  - Canadian Journal of Urology

PY  - 2012
VL  - 19
IS  - 1
SN  - 1488-5581

AB  - We report a case of a 72-year-old male that underwent 
two sets of transrectal prostatic needle biopsy (TPNB) 
within 9 month period. Pathology showed unremarkable 
benign prostatic tissues in the first group of biopsies while 
extensive diffuse inflammation with the characteristic 
features of malakoplakia in the second set. Three 
cores in the repeat biopsy contained foci of prostatic 
adenocarcinoma as well. Occurrence of malakoplakia 
several months after TPNB in our case suggests that 
microorganisms may have been inoculated to the prostate 
during the biopsy procedure. We believe that malakoplakia 
must be added to the list of complications after TPNB.
KW  - transrectal ultrasound guided prostate needle biopsy
KW  -  adenocarcinoma
KW  -  complication
KW  -  malakoplakia
KW  -  prostate

DO  -