SURGICAL EXCISION OF SCALP MYCETOMA DUE TO NOCARDIA

Authors
MADIBA TE HOOSEN AA MADAREE A CARRIM ATOA
Citation
Te. Madiba et al., SURGICAL EXCISION OF SCALP MYCETOMA DUE TO NOCARDIA, Tropical and geographical medicine, 46(3), 1994, pp. 185-187
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Tropical Medicine","Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath
Journal title
Tropical and geographical medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
00413232
Volume
46
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
185 - 187
Database
ISI
SICI code
0041-3232(1994)46:3<185:SEOSMD>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
A 60-year-old patient presented with a mycetoma of the scalp with mult iple chronic sinuses due to nocardiosis of the scalp. Recurrent bleedi ng from the sinuses necessitated surgical excision which led to a grat ifying result. The case illustrates the importance of fungal culture i n the diagnosis of cutaneous lesions and emphasises the role of surger y in mycetoma that are resistant to conventional therapy.