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Scholars Journal of Medical Case Reports | Volume-9 | Issue-11
MADURA FOOT: Case Report and Review of the Literature
Reda Lafdil, Yassine Benbouzid, Hamza Berrada, Anass Belguerrab, Anass Lahlou, Youness Chagar, Rida-Allah Bassir, Mohammed Kharmaz, Mly Omar Lamrani, Mohamed Saleh Berrada
Published: Nov. 21, 2021 |
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DOI: 10.36347/sjmcr.2021.v09i11.014
Pages: 1093-1095
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Abstract
Madura foot or mycetoma is a chronic desease that strikes tropical areas and is quite rare in the rest of the world. Its caused by bacteria or fungi infection. The clinical apparition is a sweling of the afected limb and production of colored grains via fistula.X ray allows us to know the stage of madura and histophatlogy to make the diagnosis. The treatement of mycetoma is consisting of medical therapy in early stages and surgical debridement or amputation when destruction of bones occures. We report the case of 65 old women treated in our formation.