Cystic form of Actinomycotic mycetoma: A new case with a diagnostic challenge

Mycetoma, commonly known as Madura foot, is a chronic granulomatous infection caused either by fungi (eumycetoma) known as actinomycete. This disease occurs preferentially in young adults, and it affects the foot in particular. We report a Tunisian case of mycetoma occurring in an old patient, parti...

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Autores principales: Bellalah, Ahlem, Abdeljelil, Nouha Ben, Njima, Manel, Hammouda, Seifeddine Ben, Khalifa, Sarah Ben, Koubaa, Mustapha, Zakhama, Abdelfatteh, Hadhri, Rim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8077338/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33936735
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.4064
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author Bellalah, Ahlem
Abdeljelil, Nouha Ben
Njima, Manel
Hammouda, Seifeddine Ben
Khalifa, Sarah Ben
Koubaa, Mustapha
Zakhama, Abdelfatteh
Hadhri, Rim
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Abdeljelil, Nouha Ben
Njima, Manel
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Khalifa, Sarah Ben
Koubaa, Mustapha
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description Mycetoma, commonly known as Madura foot, is a chronic granulomatous infection caused either by fungi (eumycetoma) known as actinomycete. This disease occurs preferentially in young adults, and it affects the foot in particular. We report a Tunisian case of mycetoma occurring in an old patient, particular by its cystic presentation.
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spelling pubmed-80773382021-04-29 Cystic form of Actinomycotic mycetoma: A new case with a diagnostic challenge Bellalah, Ahlem Abdeljelil, Nouha Ben Njima, Manel Hammouda, Seifeddine Ben Khalifa, Sarah Ben Koubaa, Mustapha Zakhama, Abdelfatteh Hadhri, Rim Clin Case Rep Case Reports Mycetoma, commonly known as Madura foot, is a chronic granulomatous infection caused either by fungi (eumycetoma) known as actinomycete. This disease occurs preferentially in young adults, and it affects the foot in particular. We report a Tunisian case of mycetoma occurring in an old patient, particular by its cystic presentation. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021-03-16 /pmc/articles/PMC8077338/ /pubmed/33936735 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.4064 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Bellalah, Ahlem
Abdeljelil, Nouha Ben
Njima, Manel
Hammouda, Seifeddine Ben
Khalifa, Sarah Ben
Koubaa, Mustapha
Zakhama, Abdelfatteh
Hadhri, Rim
Cystic form of Actinomycotic mycetoma: A new case with a diagnostic challenge
title Cystic form of Actinomycotic mycetoma: A new case with a diagnostic challenge
title_full Cystic form of Actinomycotic mycetoma: A new case with a diagnostic challenge
title_fullStr Cystic form of Actinomycotic mycetoma: A new case with a diagnostic challenge
title_full_unstemmed Cystic form of Actinomycotic mycetoma: A new case with a diagnostic challenge
title_short Cystic form of Actinomycotic mycetoma: A new case with a diagnostic challenge
title_sort cystic form of actinomycotic mycetoma: a new case with a diagnostic challenge
topic Case Reports
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8077338/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33936735
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.4064
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