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MYCETOMA Introduction
MYCETOMA Introduction Mycetoma is a chronic, specific, granulomatous, progressive, destructive infl...
Introduction and pathology
Introduction and pathology Hydatid disease is caused by Echinococcus granulosus, commonly calle...
Introduction
INTRODUCTION Most surgical conditions in the tropics (regions of the Earth surrounding the equat...
Investigations
Investigations The haematological and biochemical investigations reflect the presence of a chroni...
HYDATID DISEASE
HYDATID DISEASE HYDATID DISEASE HYDATID DISEASE
Histopathological diagnosis
Histopathological diagnosis Deep biopsy is obtained under general or regional anaesthesia, althou...
Imaging techniques
Imaging techniques On ultrasonography , an abscess cavity in the liver is seen as a - hypoechoic ...
FILARIASIS Introduction
FILARIASIS Introduction Filariasis is mainly caused by the parasite Wuchereria bancrofti , which ...
FURTHER READING
FURTHER READING AMOEBIASIS Barnes SA, Lillemore KD. Liver abscess and hydatid disease In: Zinner ...
Fine-needle aspiration cytology
Fine-needle aspiration cytology Fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) can yield an accurate diag...
Diagnosis
Diagnosis The disease may remain dormant for many years. Clinical features are non-specific and in...
Differential diagnosis
Differential diagnosis Mycetoma should be distinguished from Kaposi’s sarcoma, malignant melanoma...
Epidemiology and pathogenesis
Epidemiology and pathogenesis The condition predominantly occurs in the ‘mycetoma belt’ that lies...
Clinical features
Clinical features The typical patient with an amoebic liver abscess is a young adult male with a ...
Clinical presentation
Clinical presentation As mycetoma is painless, presentation is late in the majority . It presents...
Culture
Culture A variety of microorganisms are capable of producing myce - tomata that can be identified ...
Amoeboma
Amoeboma This is a chronic granuloma arising in the large bowel, most commonly seen in the caecum...
Classification
Classification In 2003, the WHO Informal Working Group on Echinoco - ccosis (WHO-IWGE) proposed a ...
Clinical features and diagnosis
Clinical features and diagnosis The disease is slowly progressive and a ff ects the skin, upper re...
AMOEBIASIS Introduction
AMOEBIASIS Introduction Amoebiasis is caused by Entamoeba histolytica. The disease is common in t...