title: [Carcinoma cuniculatum: an uneasy diagnosis to suspect in case of chronic osteomyelitis with unsuccessful outcome despite appropriate antibiotic therapy].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The clinical and histological features of cuniculatum carcinoma (CC) are often misleading.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report a case of CC of the foot, which was misdiagnosed as osteomyelitis for a two year period and which relapsed 2 months after complete resection.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The CC has to be evoked in patients with chronic osteomyelitis and torpid wound. The anatomopathologist needs to be aware of the suspected diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Service de Maladies Infectieuses, Hôtel-Dieu, Clermont-Ferrand, France. yaourtpom@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Corbin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vidal
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Souteyrand
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: D'Incan
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Amarger
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Laurichesse
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Terver
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Nohra
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Lesens
mesh_terms: D000671:Amputation, Surgical; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001706:Biopsy; D018289:Carcinoma, Verrucous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010000:Osteitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D011859:Radiography; D012008:Recurrence; D013997:Time Factors; D014034:Toes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents