
	Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences
	Year: 2020 \| Volume: 23 \| Issue: 7 \| Page No.: 968-972 DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2020.968.972

Characterization of Foot Mycetoma Using Sonography and Color Doppler Imaging

Moawia Gameraddin

, Awadia Gareeballah, Shimaa Mokhtar, Mohamed M. Abuzaid, Fahad Alhazmi and Hassan Ali Hamad

Abstract: Background and Objective: Mycetoma of the foot, commonly referred to as Madura foot, is a chronic granulomatous infection, which impacts vascularization of the affected region. This study aimed to evaluate foot mycetoma using Doppler and sonography techniques to identify the principle sonographic features and blood flow patterns associated with the condition. Materials and Methods: This was a cross-sectional prospective single-center study conducted at the Mycetoma Research Center (MCR) in Khartoum State, Sudan. Sixty patients with Madura foot were examined using a Duplex ultrasound machine with a 7-10 MHZ linear probe. Data was analyzed using SPSS software. The distribution of demographic data was evaluated by simple descriptive statistics. Statistical tests was performed using Student’s independent t-tests to compare different forms of mycetoma and Chi-square tests to examine differences in blood flow patterns between fungal (eumycetoma) and bacterial (actinomycetoma) forms of the infection. Results: The presence of multiple cavities and aggregated grains were more common in eumycetoma than in actinomycetoma. The echotexture was significantly more heterogeneous in eumycetoma than in actinomycetoma (p = 0.03). Eumycetoma had higher vascularity than actinomycetoma. Conclusion: Mycetoma has characteristic sonographic features and patterns of vascularity, which are essential to differentiate between the fungal and bacterial forms of mycetoma.

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Moawia Gameraddin, Awadia Gareeballah, Shimaa Mokhtar, Mohamed M. Abuzaid, Fahad Alhazmi and Hassan Ali Hamad, 2020. Characterization of Foot Mycetoma Using Sonography and Color Doppler Imaging. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 23: 968-972.

DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2020.968.972

URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjbs.2020.968.972

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