Rare diagnosis of nodular lymphangitis caused by Mycobacterium marinum: MDCT imaging findings
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Mycobacterium marinum is an atypical mycobacterium that usually causes a solitary nodule on the hand ("fish tank granuloma") or less commonly, secondary erythematous channels and nodules spread along lymphatic drainage of the extremity, mimicking sporothricoid skin lesions of nodular lymphangitis. This report presents a case of this rare entity, a nodular lymphangitis caused by Mycobacterium marinum. Multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) imaging was very useful in determining the morphology (cellulitis with a few small subcutaneous nodules and channels) and the extension of the lesion.
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Sporotrichoid Lymphocutaneous Infections: Etiology, Diagnosis and Therapy - American Family Physician
www.aafp.org/afp VOLUME 63, NUMBER 2 / JANUARY 15, 2001 misdiagnosis and delay in the appropriate antimicrobial therapy. Familiarity with the characteristics of nodular lymphangitis allows the family physician to narrow the microbiologic differential diagnosis, obtain appropriate laboratory studies and initiate directed antimicrobial therapy. If complicating factors exist (such as infection in ...
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