A 50-year-old man from rural Senegal presents with a chronic, crusted, painless skin nodule on his hand. He is a livestock farmer. Biopsy shows Splend...

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A 50-year-old man from rural Senegal presents with a chronic, crusted, painless skin nodule on his hand. He is a livestock farmer. Biopsy shows Splendore-Hoeppli phenomenon (radiating eosinophilic material surrounding fungal grains). What is the most likely diagnosis?

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Mycetoma

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Cutaneous leishmaniasis

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Chromoblastomycosis

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Sporotrichosis

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Cutaneous tuberculosis

uk-dtmh MCQ (SBA): Mycetoma

A 50-year-old man from rural Senegal presents with a chronic, crusted, painless skin nodule on his hand. He is a livestock farmer. Biopsy shows Splendore-Hoeppli phenomenon (radiating eosinophilic material surrounding fungal grains). What is the most likely diagnosis?