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. 2017 Apr 12;11:101. doi: 10.1186/s13256-017-1277-4

Fig. 2.

Fig. 2

Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis and coexisting malakoplakia of the left kidney. Histopathological examination of the surgical specimen with hematoxylin and eosin staining reveals microscopic features of chronic inflammation. a Heavy lymphoplasmacytic infiltration. b Inflammatory infiltrates with layered sheets of histiocytes. Michaelis–Gutmann bodies pathognomonic for malakoplakia (granulomatous inflammation of the genitourinary tract) are indicated by arrows