Gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis: mimicking Crohn’s disease case report and review of the literature

Gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis (GIB) is an unusual fungal infection that manifests in the skin and rarely involves other systems. All of the few cases of GIB reported so far were diagnosed with difficulty, necessitating laparotomy and resection of the inflamed part of the bowel. We report a chi...

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Autores principales: AlSaleem, Khalid, Al-Mehaidib, Ali, Banemai, Mohammed, bin-Hussain, Ibrahim, Faqih, Mousa, Al Mehmadi, Ahmed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6074897/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24188947
http://dx.doi.org/10.5144/0256-4947.2013.500
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Sumario:Gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis (GIB) is an unusual fungal infection that manifests in the skin and rarely involves other systems. All of the few cases of GIB reported so far were diagnosed with difficulty, necessitating laparotomy and resection of the inflamed part of the bowel. We report a child with GIB who was successfully diagnosed endoscopically without surgical intervention.

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