[Medico-Surgical treatment of mycetoma in the Somine Dolo hospital of Mopti (Mali)].

OBJECTIVE

The objective of this study was to describe the epidemiological and clinical aspects as well as the therapeutic methods of mycetomical lesions.

MATERIAL AND METHODS

This was a longitudinal retrospective study, which included all patients treated for mycetoma from January 2016 to December 2018 including two years of recruitment and one year of monitoring (2019). The study concerned 19 patients who were hospitalized and treated in the department of surgery.

RESULTS

Patients represented 2.3% of hospitalizations and consisted of 11 males and 8 females with an average age of 38 years with extremes of 15 - 70 years, and an average time between the onset of symptoms and presentation to the hospital of 10 years (range 1 - 40 years). Eight livestock breeders and seven farmers were concerned, 14 of whom have started the disease after trauma. The foot was involved in 13 patients. Twelve suffered from osteoarticular lesions. Black grains were present in 16 cases attributed to sp. We performed 12 amputations, six carcinological ablation to which specific local treatments were added (thin skin graft in two patients, fasciocutaneous flap in one patient and directed healing in the others) and local treatment in the last case.

CONCLUSION

Mycetoma should be discussed and diagnosed at an early stage in predisposed patients particularly in farmers and breeders. Prevention is necessary; it is based on wound disinfection and wearing safety shoes.