BACKGROUND Mycetoma is a chronic granulomatous infectious disease caused by filamentous bacteria or by fungi. The disease is endemic in certain tropical and subtropical areas of the world but can be found elsewhere posing sometimes a diagnostic challenge for clinicians. CASE PRESENTATION A 65-year- old man presented with a right foot swelling evolving for 25 years. During that time, several d...

INTRODUCTION Mycetoma is a chronic disease, which is endemic in tropical and subtropical countries. We report a rare case of mycetoma located on the foot of a patient living in a temperate-climate country followed by a short discussion. OBSERVATION A 50-year-old woman with painless swelling in her left foot. The swelling started after a banal penetrating injury on the sole of her left foot 23...

This study aimed to present the 'dot-in-circle' sign, which indicates the typical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and ultrasonographic (USG) findings for mycetoma involving soft tissue and bone. A total of 8 cases with histopathological proof of mycetoma affecting the musculoskeletal system, and that were examined via MRI and/or coexistent diagnostic ultrasonography between 2004 and 2013 in So...

Mycetoma is a chronic granulomatous infection of the subcutaneous tissue caused by true fungi or higher bacteria; hence, it is classified as eumycetoma or actinomycetoma, respectively (5). Mycetoma is endemic in (sub)tropical areas, and the Sudan seems to be the mycetoma homeland, with hundreds of new patients attending specialized clinics each year. Mycetoma pathogens such as the fungus Madure...

The aim of this work was to demonstrate, quantify and compare cell elements in the inflammatory infiltrate of 23 skin lesions of actinomycetoma (ACM) and 17 of eumycetoma (EUM). Epidermal Langerhans cells (LC) population was also analyzed in 18 ACM, 13 EUM and ten normal skin samples as control group. Tissue response in both groups of mycetoma showed CD4 and CD8 T lymphocytes surrounding the ne...