A diagnostic challenge of tongue botryomycosis miming mycetoma-A case report.


Journal

Skin health and disease
ISSN: 2690-442X
Titre abrégé: Skin Health Dis
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9918227353706676

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Oct 2024
Historique:
received: 28 05 2024
revised: 12 07 2024
accepted: 23 07 2024
medline: 2 10 2024
pubmed: 2 10 2024
entrez: 2 10 2024
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Botryomycosis of the tongue is a rare chronic bacterial infection that presents as nodular masses, mimicking other infectious or neoplastic conditions such as mycetoma. A case of an 80-year-old male was presented with painless swelling on the right lateral side of his tongue to the outpatient clinic. Biopsy and microbiological investigations revealed an unexpected

Identifiants

pubmed: 39355728
doi: 10.1002/ski2.433
pii: SKI2433
pmc: PMC11442049
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

e433

Informations de copyright

© 2024 The Author(s). Skin Health and Disease published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of British Association of Dermatologists.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

None to declare.

Auteurs

Emmanuel Edwar Siddig (EE)

Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam Rotterdam the Netherlands.
Faculty of Medical Laboratory Sciences University of Khartoum Khartoum Sudan.

Ayman Ahmed (A)

Institute of Endemic Diseases University of Khartoum Khartoum Sudan.
Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) Allschwil Switzerland.
Faculty of Science University of Basel Basel Switzerland.

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