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Chronic Foot Infection in a Mexican Immigrant—Quiz Case
Katherine S. Fields, MD;
Scott R. Florell, MD
University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City
Arch Dermatol. 2006;142:101-106.
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REPORT OF A CASE
A 20-year-old Hispanic male prisoner presented with a chronic foot infection. Six years earlier, he had been in a flood during a hurricane in Oaxaca, Mexico. Soon afterward, he experienced pain in his left foot but denied injury. Within 2 years, a sinus tract developed on the plantar surface of his left foot. Three years later, nodules, swelling, and further sinus tract formation also occurred. The patient was incarcerated in the United States during the following year and was referred by the prison to our clinic.
On physical examination, he was noted to be in obvious pain, limping, and wearing an unlaced shoe. His left foot was edematous and tender. The dorsal, medial, and plantar surfaces of his left foot showed inflammatory and purulent nodules with sinus tract formation and scarring. A yellow granular crust was present focally (Figure 1 and . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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