TY - JOUR T1 - Malakoplakia of the adrenal gland. JF - Journal of Clinical Pathology JO - J Clin Pathol SP - 606 LP - 611 DO - 10.1136/jcp.34.6.606 VL - 34 IS - 6 AU - E Benjamin AU - H Fox Y1 - 1981/06/01 UR - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/34/6/606.abstract N2 - 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. ER -