“Madura Head”—A Rare Case of Craniocerebral Maduromycosis
As maduromycosis is mostly confined to lower extremities. It was rightly named as “Madura foot” by John Gill in 1842, after the name of Madurai district, in Tamil Nadu state of India. Mycetoma is a chronic granulomatous infection mostly caused by a true fungus, Madurella mycetomatis (Eumycotic mycet...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.
2017-05-01
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Series: | Indian Journal of Neurosurgery |
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Online Access: | http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0037-1602750 |