title: [Eumycotic mycetoma of the lower leg].
abstract: Eumycotic mycetomas are extremely rare diseases in Japan. Only four cases have been reported. In the present report, eumycotic mycetoma of right lower leg of a 44-year-old male of Thai origin, resident in Japan for more than five years, was presented. An induration was noticed on the antero-medial side beneath the knee. Computed tomography showed slightly high dense subcutaneous mass-like lesion at the medial side of the right tibia. Though no draining sinus was formed, histologic examination disclosed grains composed of septated hyphae with Splendore-Hoeppli material. Since more people from foreign countries tend to reside in Japan, physicians and pathologists should be aware of various infections which are not commonly found in Japan.
authors.affiliation: 2nd Department of Pathology, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Furuta
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maekura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Teramura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Satou
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Obunai
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Onoda
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Omatsu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D007866:Leg / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008271:Mycetoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013785:Thailand / Q000208:ethnology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014171:Transients and Migrants