[A dorsolumbar tumoral actinomycosic mycetoma, an unusual mycetoma presentation]

M Ndiaye; B A Diatta; D Sow; M Diallo; A Diop; S Diadie; S Diallo; M T Ndiaye; S O Niang; F Ly; M T Dieng; A Kane

doi:10.1016/j.mycmed.2013.10.002

[A dorsolumbar tumoral actinomycosic mycetoma, an unusual mycetoma presentation]

J Mycol Med. 2014 Mar;24(1):44-7. doi: 10.1016/j.mycmed.2013.10.002. Epub 2013 Dec 30.

[Article in French]

Authors

M Ndiaye¹, B A Diatta², D Sow³, M Diallo², A Diop⁴, S Diadie², S Diallo², M T Ndiaye², S O Niang², F Ly², M T Dieng², A Kane²

Affiliations

¹ Hopital Aristide Le Dantec, Dakar, Sénégal. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Hopital Aristide Le Dantec, Dakar, Sénégal.
³ Service de parasitologie, CHU de Fann, Sénégal.
⁴ Institut d'hygiène sociale, Dakar, Sénégal.

PMID: 24387810
DOI: 10.1016/j.mycmed.2013.10.002

Abstract

Mycetomas are localized chronic inflammatory infectious diseases involving subcutaneous tissues, skin and bones. We report a case of mycetoma in a 40-year-old farmer from the north of Senegal. The clinical appearance of the lesions suggested primarily the diagnosis of a soft tissue malignant tumor. Mycetoma diagnosis was confirmed by histopathologic evidences and growth of Actinomadura pelletieri in cultured samples. The evolution was good under a triple antibiotic therapy combining cotrimoxazole, amoxicillin-clavulanic acid and streptomycin for 12 months.

Keywords: Actinomycose; Actinomycosis; Dorsolombaire; Dorsolumbar; Mycetoma; Mycétome; Senegal; Sénégal.

Publication types

Case Reports
English Abstract

MeSH terms

Actinomycosis / diagnosis*
Adult
Back
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Lumbosacral Region
Mycetoma / diagnosis*
Senegal