Histopathological Identification of Various Causal Species of Mycetoma Prevalent in North-west Rajasthan (bikaner Region).

Two hundred and seventeen histopathologically proved cases of mycetoma collected from the records of the pathology Department over a period I of 13 W years (from. January 1971 to May 1984) were studied using haematoxylin and eosin stained paraffin sections, and wherever necessary Gomori's silver methanamine technique, PAS stain, Gram's stain and Zeihl Neelson's stain to outline the morphological characteristics of the causative agents in the tissue and the surrounding tissue reaction.