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Cutaneous tuberculosis of the foot clinically mimicking mycetoma: A case report.

Ayman AhmedAmel Ahmed HagelnurHala Fathi EltiganiEmmanuel Edwar Siddig
Published in: Clinical case reports (2023)
. Atypical clinical presentations of CTB may resemble other skin neglected diseases. For definitive diagnosis, we require a holistic diagnostic approach including clinical examination and deployment of laboratory investigations including microbial culture, histopathological, and molecular examinations of the proper samples per test. In this communication, we report a case of CTB that was initially misidentified clinically as mycetoma.
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