Internal fistula formation: an unusual complication of mycetoma. 1996

A H Fahal, and A R Sharfi, and H E Sheik, and A M el Hassan, and E S Mahgoub
Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, Sudan.

This paper reports 2 hitherto undescribed complications of mycetoma, urinary extravasation and expectoration of mycetoma grains due to cutaneo-urethral and cutaneo-pleuro-bronchial fistulae, respectively. The first patient had an infection with Actinomadura madurae which started in the foot and had spread progressively to involve the whole limb, anterior abdominal wall, perineum and urethra. The second patient had Madurella mycetomatis infection of the hand and, in spite of extensive treatment, the infection had spread to the axilla, chest wall, lung and bronchial tree. Both patients died of the sequelae of these complications. The pathogenesis of these unusual complications is discussed.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008271 Mycetoma A chronic progressive subcutaneous infection caused by species of fungi (eumycetoma), or actinomycetes (actinomycetoma). It is characterized by tumefaction, abscesses, and tumor-like granules representing microcolonies of pathogens, such as MADURELLA fungi and bacteria ACTINOMYCETES, with different grain colors. Madura Foot,Maduromycosis,Actinomycetoma,Eumycetoma
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D010995 Pleural Diseases Diseases involving the PLEURA. Disease, Pleural,Diseases, Pleural,Pleural Disease
D011183 Postoperative Complications Pathologic processes that affect patients after a surgical procedure. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery. Complication, Postoperative,Complications, Postoperative,Postoperative Complication
D001983 Bronchial Fistula An abnormal passage or communication between a bronchus and another part of the body. Bronchial Fistulas,Fistula, Bronchial,Fistulas, Bronchial
D003904 Mitosporic Fungi A large and heterogenous group of fungi whose common characteristic is the absence of a sexual state. Many of the pathogenic fungi in humans belong to this group. Deuteromycetes,Deuteromycota,Fungi imperfecti,Fungi, Mitosporic,Hyphomycetes,Deuteromycete,Deuteromycotas,Fungi imperfectus,Fungus, Mitosporic,Hyphomycete,Mitosporic Fungus,imperfectus, Fungi
D005402 Fistula Abnormal communication most commonly seen between two internal organs, or between an internal organ and the surface of the body. Fistulas
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults

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