Mycetoma in PNG with special reference to a case of extradural mycetoma.
An account is given of 6 instances of mycetoma found in Papua New Guinea. One of these occurred in a 16 year old girl presenting with paraplegia due to a solitary extradural spinal myectoma, diagnosed only after laminectomy.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy; D008297:Male; D008271:Mycetoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D009512:New Guinea; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000209:etiology; D013131:Spine / Q000473:pathology