PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - E Benjamin AU - H Fox TI - Malakoplakia of the adrenal gland. AID - 10.1136/jcp.34.6.606 DP - 1981 Jun 01 TA - Journal of Clinical Pathology PG - 606--611 VI - 34 IP - 6 4099 - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/34/6/606.short 4100 - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/34/6/606.full SO - J Clin Pathol1981 Jun 01; 34 AB - The clinical and pathological features of a case of malakoplakia of the adrenal gland occurring in a woman with Escherichia coli infection are described. This lesion mimicked a neoplasm, the true diagnosis only being revealed by histological examination. The light and electron microscopic features are described and it is suggested that malakoplakia is due to an abnormal macrophage response to E coli infection.