Title of article :
Photoclinic: Multiple nodular lesion and sinus tracts on the planter surface of the right foot.
Author/Authors :
Suodbakhsh, Abdulreza Department of Infectious Diseases - Imam Khomeini Hospital - Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran , Soleimani, Alireza Department of Infectious Diseases - Imam Khomeini Hospital - Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran , Emadi, Hamid Department of Infectious Diseases - Imam Khomeini Hospital - Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran
Abstract :
A 61-year-old woman presented to the Infection Ward of
Imam Khomeini Hospital with right foot edema, multiple
nodular lesions, and sinus tracts (Figure 1). The lesions
were mainly distributed on the plantar surface with some extension
onto the dorsal surface. The initial lesion was a single nodule, followed
by the appearance of successive nodules in close proximity.
This problem began five years prior and progressed gradually. At
presentation, she was a febrile and her right foot was rm with
nontender swelling. On examination, the right foot showed swelling
and induration. The surface of her foot showed multiple nodules
with draining sinuses and crusting. The skin was hypo- and hyperpigmented with signs of both old healed and active sinuses.
A few granules were present in the active sinuses. X-ray of the foot
was normal. The patient, a farmer, was from a northern Iranian village.
Her foot had been exposed to contaminated soil.
Keywords :
nodular lesions , sinus tracts , X-ray
Journal title :
Astroparticle Physics