Malacoplakia
malacoplakia mal·a·co·pla·ki·a (māl’ə-kō-plā’kē-ə)
n.
A rare lesion in the mucosa of the urinary bladder, characterized by mottled yellow and gray soft plaques and nodules that consist of numerous macrophages and calcospherites.
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