Mycetoma Presenting as Knee Swelling – “A Rare Entity”

INTRODUCTION: It is a form of chronic granulomatous infection involving skin, subcutaneous tissue, and skeletal system. The authors report a case of mycetoma presenting as knee swelling. CASE REPORT: A 25-year-old male presented to outdoor with painless swelling around medial aspect of the right kne...

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Autores principales: Bharwani, Nandlal, Ranjan, Navendu, Bishnoi, Poonam Chand, Bhati, Mahesh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Indian Orthopaedic Research Group 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8930372/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35415134
http://dx.doi.org/10.13107/jocr.2021.v11.i12.2560
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author Bharwani, Nandlal
Ranjan, Navendu
Bishnoi, Poonam Chand
Bhati, Mahesh
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description INTRODUCTION: It is a form of chronic granulomatous infection involving skin, subcutaneous tissue, and skeletal system. The authors report a case of mycetoma presenting as knee swelling. CASE REPORT: A 25-year-old male presented to outdoor with painless swelling around medial aspect of the right knee joint with intermittent discharge of black granules from sinus since 6 months. The patient reported for mycetoma around knee joint belongs to Stage-B as per “Staging-classification of mycetoma.” CONCLUSION: Knee mycetoma is a very rare presentation. Wide surgical excision and medical treatment are considered as gold standard.
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spelling pubmed-89303722022-04-11 Mycetoma Presenting as Knee Swelling – “A Rare Entity” Bharwani, Nandlal Ranjan, Navendu Bishnoi, Poonam Chand Bhati, Mahesh J Orthop Case Rep Case Report INTRODUCTION: It is a form of chronic granulomatous infection involving skin, subcutaneous tissue, and skeletal system. The authors report a case of mycetoma presenting as knee swelling. CASE REPORT: A 25-year-old male presented to outdoor with painless swelling around medial aspect of the right knee joint with intermittent discharge of black granules from sinus since 6 months. The patient reported for mycetoma around knee joint belongs to Stage-B as per “Staging-classification of mycetoma.” CONCLUSION: Knee mycetoma is a very rare presentation. Wide surgical excision and medical treatment are considered as gold standard. Indian Orthopaedic Research Group 2021-12 /pmc/articles/PMC8930372/ /pubmed/35415134 http://dx.doi.org/10.13107/jocr.2021.v11.i12.2560 Text en Copyright: © Indian Orthopaedic Research Group https://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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Ranjan, Navendu
Bishnoi, Poonam Chand
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Mycetoma Presenting as Knee Swelling – “A Rare Entity”
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title_full Mycetoma Presenting as Knee Swelling – “A Rare Entity”
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title_short Mycetoma Presenting as Knee Swelling – “A Rare Entity”
title_sort mycetoma presenting as knee swelling – “a rare entity”
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8930372/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35415134
http://dx.doi.org/10.13107/jocr.2021.v11.i12.2560
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