Published 2011
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Journal article
Case report: Dot-in-circle sign - An MRI and USG sign for "Madura foot"
Creators
- 1. Department of Radiodiagnosis, Devi Scans, Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram (India)
- 2. Department of Radiodiagnosis, Kerala Institute of Medical Sciences, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala (India)
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
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-3026.90684; Available from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3249939Additional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging - New Series (Print)
- Journal Volume
- 21
- Journal Issue
- 4
- Journal Page Range
- p. 264-266
- ISSN
- 0971-3026
INIS
- Country of Publication
- India
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 47081875
- Subject category
- S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
- Descriptors DEI
- DIAGNOSIS; NMR IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY
- Descriptors DEC
- DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
Optional Information
- Notes
- PMCID: PMC3249939; PMID: 22223936; PUBLISHER-ID: IJRI-21-264; OAI: oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:3249939; Copyright: (c) Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging; This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.