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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Abdominal wall mycetoma presented as obstructed incisional hernia of cesarean section in eastern Sudan
Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Volume 2007, Article 74643, Year 2007
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Description
Mycetoma a worldwide disease frequently occurs in the tropics with the highest prevalence being in Africa. Madurella mycetomatis is the main causative organism of human eumycetoma in Sudan. The legs and feet were commonly the sites of the infection. A 22-year-old lady was presented with painful abdominal swelling around a previous caesarian section scar. A provisional diagnosis of obstructed incisional hernia was put. Histopathological examination revealed macroscopically four masses of soft tissue. Microscopic sections showed grains of Madurella mycetomatis. Copyright © 2007 Osama A. Elhardello et al.
Authors & Co-Authors
Elhardello, O.
Sudan, New Halfa
New Halfa Teaching Hospital Sudan
Adam, Elsadig S.
Sudan, New Halfa
New Halfa Teaching Hospital Sudan
Adam, Ishag I.
Sudan, Khartoum
University of Khartoum Faculty of Medicine
Statistics
Citations: 4
Authors: 3
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1155/2007/74643
ISSN:
10647449
e-ISSN:
10980997
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Locations
Sudan
Participants Gender
Female