Close up of Mycetoma of the left foot. Mycetoma is an uncommon disease found in the tropics. It is a chronic, localised infection of the skin and underlying tissues characterised by the formation of several abscesses (collections of pus) and granulomas (collections of epitheloid histiocyte cells produced in an immunologic response to the pathoge

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Close up of Mycetoma of the left foot. Mycetoma is an uncommon disease found in the tropics. It is a chronic, localised infection of the skin and underlying tissues characterised by the formation of several abscesses (collections of pus) and granulomas (collections of epitheloid histiocyte cells produced in an immunologic response to the pathoge

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