Table 4 Infectious and non-infectious diseases mimicking mycetoma: consideration for differential diagnosis

Parasitic

Tumours

 Elephantiasis

 Acral melanoma

Bacterial

 Bone cyst

 Actinomycosis

 Fibro lipomas

 Chronic bacterial osteomyelitis

 Fibroma

 Syphilis

 Foreign body granuloma

 Tuberculosis

 Ganglion cyst

 Yaws

 Giant cell tumour

Fungal

 Gouty typhus

 Blastomycosis

 Kaposi’s sarcoma

 Botryomycosis

 Lipomas

 Chromoblastomycosis

 Malignant melanoma

 Coccidioidomycosis

 Nerve sheath tumours

 Lobomycosis

 Osteosarcoma

 Paracoccidioidomycosis

 Rhabdomyosarcoma

 Phaeohyphomycosis

 Sarcomas (others)

 Sporotrichosis

 Subdermal abscess

Occupational

 Podoconiosis