Eumycotic mycetoma involving the right foot: A new Tunisian case.
Clin Case Rep 2022;
10:e6327. [PMID:
36172334 PMCID:
PMC9468650 DOI:
10.1002/ccr3.6327]
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Abstract
A Tunisian patient with painless swelling and discharging sinuses of the right foot was diagnosed with Eumycetoma after 1 year of evolution. Mycetoma is a neglected disease relatively rare in our country. An early and accurate diagnosis, based on histopathological and microbiological examinations, limits functional and esthetical damage.
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