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Eumycetoma due to Madurella mycetomatis acquired in Jamaica
Author(s) -
Fletcher C.L.,
Moore M.K.,
Hay R.J.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2001.04511.x
Subject(s) - mycetoma , itraconazole , medicine , lesion , dorsum , dermatology , antifungal , pathology , anatomy
We report a case of eumycetoma due to Madurella mycetomatis affecting the left dorsal forefoot in a 35‐year‐old woman. She had spent her childhood in Jamaica, and had been resident in the U.K. for 20 years prior to her presentation. She gave a highly suggestive history for a mycetoma, having observed the intermittent discharge of black grains from the lesion. The diagnosis was confirmed by histological and mycological analysis of the grains, and a magnetic resonance imaging scan excluded osteomyelitis. She has responded very favourably to treatment with itraconazole. Mycetomas due to M. mycetomatis have not previously been reported from Jamaica.
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