Eumycetoma as a tumor in the leg

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Keywords:

mycetoma, diagnosis, differential

Abstract

A 40-year-old male patient of the black race came to the Doctor’s office due to an increase in volume in the right lower limb. Surgical treatment was performed and eumycetoma was diagnosed. The causative agents of mycetomas are of exogenous origin, and can be fungi (eumycetoma) or actinomycetals (actinomycetoma). They are more frequent in men, although they occur with a very low frequency. Several stages of the disease are observed in endemic areas: plaques in early lesions, advanced lesions, nodules with drainage to the bony sinuses and, very rarely, the formation of a cyst of varying size. Histology consists of a mixture of granulomatous and suppurative reaction, in the dermis and the subcutis.

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Arletis Ferrer Pérez, Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico Universitario "Arnaldo Milián Castro"

Especialista de I Grado en Anatomía Patológica. Máster en Enfermedades Infecciosas. Profesora Asistente de la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara. Investigadora Agregada.

Johamel Ramón Ramos Valdés, Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico Universitario "Arnaldo Milián Castro"

Especialista de II Grado de Anatomía Patológica. Profesor Asistente de la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara.

Pedro Alberto Marrero García, Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico Universitario "Arnaldo Milián Castro"

Especialista de I Grado en Ortopedia y Traumatología. Profesor Asistente de la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara.

Mariely Figueroa Valdés, Policlínico "Santa Clara"

Especialista de I Grado en Medicina Física y Rehabilitación

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Published

2019-10-07

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Ferrer Pérez A, Ramos Valdés JR, Marrero García PA, Figueroa Valdés M. Eumycetoma as a tumor in the leg. Acta Méd Centro [Internet]. 2019 Oct. 7 [cited 2025 Jul. 2];13(4):616-23. Available from: https://revactamedicacentro.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/1145

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Vol. 13 No. 4 (2019): October-December

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Clinicopathological Sessions

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