[Eumycotic mycetoma of the lower leg].
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.
Kimura
M
M
2nd Department of Pathology, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama.
Furuta
T
T
Maekura
S
S
Teramura
K
K
Satou
T
T
Hashimoto
S
S
Obunai
S
S
Onoda
N
N
Omatsu
J
J
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