Skin nontumor
Infectious disorders
Fungi-Maduramycosis
Author: Nat Pernick, M.D.
Last author update: 1 July 2011
Last staff update: 16 April 2021
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PubMed Search: Fungi - Maduramycosis
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Definition / general | Case reports | Clinical images | Microscopic (histologic) imagesCite this page: Pernick N. Fungi-Maduramycosis. PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/skinnontumorfungimaduramycosis.html. Accessed October 2nd, 2023.
Definition / general
- Maduromycosis usually involves feet, and appears as a nodule or abscess, which progresses over months to years to a chronic infection with granulomatous nodules drained by skin sinuses, leading to deformities involving the bones
- May be due to bacteria (70%) or fungi (30%)
- Fungi include Madurella mycetomi; bacteria include Nocardia brasiliensis
- First described in Madurai, India
- Mycetoma caused by microaerophilic actinomycetes is termed actinomycetoma; mycetoma caused by true fungi is called eumycetoma (eMedicine)
- Note: actinomycosis affects the cervical-facial, thoracic and pelvic areas; these bacteria are smaller than in maduromycosis
Case reports
- 35 year old woman from India with steadily growing lump on foot (The Foot and Ankle Online Journal 2011;4:2)
Clinical images
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Madura foot
Microscopic (histologic) images
Contributed by Venna Maheshwar, M.D., Kiran Alam, M.D. and Anshu Jain, M.D.
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