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September 15, 2024IP Journal of diagnostic pathology and oncology/IP journal of diagnostic pathology and oncology/Journal of diagnostic pathology and oncologyOpen Access

A five-year experience of mycetoma in a tertiary health care centre with review of literature

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SASaqib AhmedHimalayan UniversityRHRuhi HasanJawaharlal Nehru Medical College Hospital

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Retrospective and prospective study reveals fungal eumycetoma predominance and diagnostic features in 34 patients, highlighting the critical need for timely intervention to avert deformity.

Key Points

  • Eumycetoma accounted for 82.3% of tissue infections, presenting predominantly with lower extremity swelling and suppurative granulomas in adult males.
  • Retrospective and prospective study of 34 patients confirmed actinomycetoma and fungal disease using fine needle aspiration and microbial culture.
  • Timely diagnosis of mycetoma followed by appropriate therapy remains critical, as delayed intervention leads to extensive and disabling tissue damage.

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Ahmed et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e587feb6db6435875248e0https://doi.org/10.18231/j.jdpo.2024.032
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