Volume : VI, Issue : VII, July - 2016

ACTINOMYCOTIC MYCETOMA ON THE WRIST: AN INTRIGUING LESION ON AN UNCOMMON LOCATION.

Dr. Jai Vinod Kumar, Prof. K. Siva Prakasam

Abstract :

 ACTINOMYCOSIS IS A CHRONIC GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE WITH THE CHARACTER OF EXTENSION TO THE CONTAGIOUS TISSUE FORMING MULTIPLE DISCHARGING SINUS TRACTS. PRIMARY ACTINOMYCOSIS OF EXTREMITY IS NOT A COMMON CLINICAL ENTITY AND IS USUALLY CONSIDERED AS A SOFT–TISSUE INFECTION. WE REPORT HERE A CASE OF ACTINOMYCOTIC MYCETOMA OF THE HAND FOR ITS RARITY, CLINICAL INTERVENTION THAT WAS DONE AND THE GOOD OUTCOME FOLLOWING PROLONGED ANTIMICROBIAL TREATMENT.

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DR. JAI VINOD KUMAR, PROF. K. SIVA PRAKASAM ACTINOMYCOTIC MYCETOMA ON THE WRIST: AN INTRIGUING LESION ON AN UNCOMMON LOCATION. Indian Journal of Applied Research,Volume : 6 | Issue : 7 | July 2016

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