Case report: Dot-in-circle sign - An MRI and USG sign for "Madura foot"
Mycetoma is a chronic granulomatous disease that is more common in tropical than in temperate regions. Early diagnosis is important due to the therapeutic implications. Although biopsy and microbiological culture provide definitive diagnosis, they are time-consuming procedures and may not be able to...
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| description | Mycetoma is a chronic granulomatous disease that is more common in tropical than in temperate regions. Early diagnosis is important due to the therapeutic implications. Although biopsy and microbiological culture provide definitive diagnosis, they are time-consuming procedures and may not be able to provide a definite diagnosis in cases of fastidious organisms. The "dot-in-circle" sign has recently been proposed as a highly specific magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and ultrasonography (USG) sign of mycetoma, which may allow a noninvasive as well as early diagnosis. We present a case of histologically proven mycetoma that demonstrated this sign. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-96f523d3394145da81fc1b7bc6b4da252022-12-21T20:02:27ZengThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging0971-30261998-38082011-10-01210426426610.4103/0971-3026.90684Case report: Dot-in-circle sign - An MRI and USG sign for "Madura foot"Anitha Sen0Rajesh Subramonia Pillay1Department of Radiodiagnosis, Devi Scans, Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, IndiaDepartment of Rheumatology, Kerala Institute of Medical Sciences, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, IndiaMycetoma is a chronic granulomatous disease that is more common in tropical than in temperate regions. Early diagnosis is important due to the therapeutic implications. Although biopsy and microbiological culture provide definitive diagnosis, they are time-consuming procedures and may not be able to provide a definite diagnosis in cases of fastidious organisms. The "dot-in-circle" sign has recently been proposed as a highly specific magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and ultrasonography (USG) sign of mycetoma, which may allow a noninvasive as well as early diagnosis. We present a case of histologically proven mycetoma that demonstrated this sign.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0971-3026.90684dot-in-circlemagnetic resonance imagingmycetomaultrasonography |
| spellingShingle | Anitha Sen Rajesh Subramonia Pillay Case report: Dot-in-circle sign - An MRI and USG sign for "Madura foot" Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging dot-in-circle magnetic resonance imaging mycetoma ultrasonography |
| title | Case report: Dot-in-circle sign - An MRI and USG sign for "Madura foot" |
| title_full | Case report: Dot-in-circle sign - An MRI and USG sign for "Madura foot" |
| title_fullStr | Case report: Dot-in-circle sign - An MRI and USG sign for "Madura foot" |
| title_full_unstemmed | Case report: Dot-in-circle sign - An MRI and USG sign for "Madura foot" |
| title_short | Case report: Dot-in-circle sign - An MRI and USG sign for "Madura foot" |
| title_sort | case report dot in circle sign an mri and usg sign for madura foot |
| topic | dot-in-circle magnetic resonance imaging mycetoma ultrasonography |
| url | http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0971-3026.90684 |
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