title: A study of mycetoma in eastern India.
abstract: Forty consecutive cases of mycetoma were studied with respect to clinico-epidemiological, histopathological and radiological features. The age of the patients ranged from 17 to 57 years mean being 32.4 +/- 8.68. The disease was equally distributed amongst the sexes. Most of the patients had a rural background and the disease occurred mainly among farmers and housewives. Actinomycetes (32 cases. 80%) were found to be the main pathogenic organism and Eumycetes in 4 cases (20%) only. Clinical features were more or less the same irrespective of the aetiologic agent, consisting of local swelling with discharging sinuses. History of trauma was present in only 20% cases and 80% were incidental. Foot (28/40 i.e. 70%) was the commonest site of infection. Radiological bony involvement was detected in 14 out of 18 cases examined (38.88%). Out of the 32 radiographed patients of actinomyetoma 10(31.25%) showed bony involvement whereas all the four. Eumycetoma cases radiographed, had bony involvement. The notable bony changes were sclerosis, erosions, periosteal thickening and osteoporosis.
authors.affiliation: Medical College, Calcutta.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hazra
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bandyopadhyay
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Saha
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Banerjee
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dutta
mesh_terms: D000193:Actinomycetales Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008271:Mycetoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology; D009790:Occupations; D011859:Radiography; D017678:Sex Distribution; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000150:complications