RESECTABLE MYCOTIC LESIONS AND ACUTELY FATAL MYCOSES

20 December 1952

journal article
research article
Published by American Medical Association (AMA)

Vol. 150 (16) , 1579-1581
https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1952.03680160029007

Abstract

So much has been written on mycoses in the last two decades that the chief features of most of them are well known.¹But now I wish to approach fungus infections from two angles, first from that of the surgeon and second from that of the internist, and to discuss first, resectable mycotic lesions, and second, acutely fatal mycotic disease. RESECTABLE MYCOTIC LESIONS The fungus disease registry that I have maintained for some years contains a number of cases in which lesions have been resected. I will now present data on these cases and pertinent information from the literature. Amputation of a leg for mycetoma or maduromycosis is effective in eradicating the disease permanently. Resection of portions of the foot for this same condition may not prove effective. This was true in two cases of maduromycosis caused by Monosporium apiospermum. In one, a Negro man had a recurrence four

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