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Oral cavity eumycetoma: a rare and unusual condition
- Source :
- Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology. 115:e23-e25
- Publication Year :
- 2013
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2013.
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Abstract
- In this short communication, we report on a 25-year-old male patient who presented with a longstanding painless swelling under the tongue. It was of a gradual onset and course, but 2 months before presentation it suddenly increased in size. Local examination revealed a tender firm pigmented mass in the midline of the mouth floor. The differential diagnosis included dermoid cyst, salivary glands tumours, mucocele or vascular anomaly. The investigations done were not conclusive. He underwent surgical exploration, and mycetoma was a surgical surprise. Although mycetoma is common problem in the tropics, such a presentation is a rarity. In tropical and subtropical regions, mycetoma should be considered in the differential diagnosis of oral cavity masses.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Mucocele
Eumycetoma
Oral cavity
Pathology and Forensic Medicine
Vascular anomaly
Diagnosis, Differential
Sudan
Tongue
Humans
Medicine
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Dentistry (miscellaneous)
skin and connective tissue diseases
Mouth Floor
Dermoid Cyst
business.industry
Madurella
Salivary Gland Neoplasms
medicine.disease
Dermatology
Surgery
medicine.anatomical_structure
Dermoid cyst
Mycetoma
Mouth Neoplasms
Oral Surgery
Presentation (obstetrics)
Differential diagnosis
Mouth Diseases
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 22124403
- Volume :
- 115
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....5ee1c1de25d76f62981b8c64cb0b3903