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Table 1 Reported Cases of Malakoplakia of the Colon Following Renal Transplantation

From: Malakoplakia of the colon following renal transplantation in a 73 year old woman: report of a case presenting as intestinal perforation

Case

Age/Sex

Time since transplantation

Underlying disease/Transplant Source

Site

Presentation

Treatment/Outcome

1. Kelleher (1990) [7]

62/M

18 months

CRF of unknown etiology/Cadaveric

Rectum and prostate

Tenesmus, perineal pain, dysuria

Antibiotics/Alive

2. Ourahma (1996) [8]

46/M

4 years

ADPKD/Cadaveric

Rectum

Diarrhea, Abdominal pain, fever

Antibiotics, reduced immuno-suppression, parasympathico-mimetics/Alive.

3. Berney (1999) [9]

52/M

9 years

ADPKD/Cadaveric

Ileo-cecum

Acute abdomen due to perforation

Right hemi-colectomy/Death from sepsis.

4. Yousif (2006) [10]

40/M

15 months

ADPKD/Live-related

Rectum, perianal region

Painful defecation, perianal fistula

Antibiotics, reduced immuno-suppression/Alive.

5. Shah (2010) [11]

45/M

3 years

Type 1 DM/Live-unrelated

Cecum, right colon, sigmoid

Watery diarrhea

Antibiotics, reduced immuno-suppression/Alive.

6. Bae (2013) [6]

55/F

11 years

IgA nephropathy/Live, relationship not specified

Ascending colon, transverse colon

Asymptom-atic

None/Alive.

7. Present Case (2018)

72/F

10 months

FSG/Cadaveric

Descending colon, sigmoid

Acute abdomen due to perforation

Antibiotics, sigmoidectomy/Alive.

  1. CRF chronic renal failure, ADPKD Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, DM Diabetes mellitus, FSG focal segmental glomerulosclerosis