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Case Reports
. 2011 Nov;85(5):791.
doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0637.

Mycetoma

Fernanda Cordeiro  1 , Carolina Bruno, Carmelia Reis
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Case Reports

Mycetoma

Fernanda Cordeiro et al. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011 Nov.
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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Clinical appearance of sinus tracks on medial aspect of right ankle and diffuse ankle and foot swelling suggestive of mycetoma.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
MRI correlation of right lower leg (sagittal section, post-gadolinium) showing ring-enhancing nodules and bone marrow infiltration of the calcaneus. Spherical lesions showing hyperintense signal, the so-called dot-in-circle sign in mycetoma.
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References

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    1. Sarris I, Berendt AR, Athanasous N, Ostlere SJ. MRI of mycetoma of the foot: two cases demonstrating the dot-in-circle sign. Skeletal Radiol. 2003;32:179–183. - PubMed

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