Malacoplakia of the cecum: report of a case.

Gastrointestinal malacoplakia is an uncommon condi tion, there being 38 reported cases in the world literature.’ The involvement of the cecum is extremely rare, there being only 6 documented cases.’ Malacoplakia has often been misdiagnosed as a neoplastic lesion in biopsy specimens.2’ 3 It has been more frequently diagnosed as an incidental find ing in autopsy. However it can be easily recognized due to its well-defined morphological characteristics. A better re cognition of this entity can be reached only through conti nued study and reporting. The aim of this paper is to report a case of cecal malaco plakia associated with colonic diverticulosis and paracocci dioidal (South American blastomycosis) osteomyelitis, and presenting as a tumoral mass in the right iliac fossa.