TY - JOUR
T1 - Malacoplakia of the vallecula masquerading as a malignancy
AU - Mannan, A. A.S.Rifat
AU - Sharma, Mehar Chand
AU - Bahadur, Sudhir
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2011/3
Y1 - 2011/3
N2 - Malacoplakia is an unusual chronic granulomatous inflammation that commonly occurs in the urinary tract. It is rarely encountered in the head and neck region, and only a handful of such cases have been described. We report a case of malacoplakia in a 50-year-old woman who presented with a mass in the vallecula that was clinically suspected of being malignant. This case illustrates the importance of recognizing this unusual benign lesion, which closely mimics a malignancy on clinical examination.
AB - Malacoplakia is an unusual chronic granulomatous inflammation that commonly occurs in the urinary tract. It is rarely encountered in the head and neck region, and only a handful of such cases have been described. We report a case of malacoplakia in a 50-year-old woman who presented with a mass in the vallecula that was clinically suspected of being malignant. This case illustrates the importance of recognizing this unusual benign lesion, which closely mimics a malignancy on clinical examination.
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U2 - 10.1177/014556131109000318
DO - 10.1177/014556131109000318
M3 - Article
C2 - 21412727
AN - SCOPUS:79953298970
SN - 0145-5613
VL - 90
JO - Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
JF - Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
IS - 3
ER -