A Rare Case of Mycetoma Due to Curvularia

Mycetoma due to Curvularia is a rare clinical entity. Here, we report a case of 27-year-old female presented with multiple swellings and discharging wounds around left shoulder joint since 12 years. Local examination showed diffuse nodular swellings over left anterior chest wall, posterior chest wal...

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Autores principales: Shinde, Rupali S, Hanumantha, Sreedevi, Mantur, Basappa G, Parande, Mahantesh V
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4411812/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25949061
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2727.154799
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author Shinde, Rupali S
Hanumantha, Sreedevi
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Parande, Mahantesh V
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description Mycetoma due to Curvularia is a rare clinical entity. Here, we report a case of 27-year-old female presented with multiple swellings and discharging wounds around left shoulder joint since 12 years. Local examination showed diffuse nodular swellings over left anterior chest wall, posterior chest wall, and axilla. Multiple nodules and discharging sinuses were seen. Fungal culture of the biopsy of the lesion revealed Curvularia species. Patient showed significant clinical improvement with itraconazole therapy.
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spelling pubmed-44118122015-05-06 A Rare Case of Mycetoma Due to Curvularia Shinde, Rupali S Hanumantha, Sreedevi Mantur, Basappa G Parande, Mahantesh V J Lab Physicians Case Report Mycetoma due to Curvularia is a rare clinical entity. Here, we report a case of 27-year-old female presented with multiple swellings and discharging wounds around left shoulder joint since 12 years. Local examination showed diffuse nodular swellings over left anterior chest wall, posterior chest wall, and axilla. Multiple nodules and discharging sinuses were seen. Fungal culture of the biopsy of the lesion revealed Curvularia species. Patient showed significant clinical improvement with itraconazole therapy. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4411812/ /pubmed/25949061 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2727.154799 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Laboratory Physicians http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25949061
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