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Gastrointestinal Mucormycosis in a two-year-old child: A clinical and radiological enigma

Mucormycosis is a rare, fatal angioinvasive infection occurring in immunocompromised individuals. Gastrointestinal mucormycosis is rare variety with high mortality rate. We present a case of GI mucormycosis in a 2-year-old male child who presented with abdominal mass with no underlying risk factors....

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Autores principales: Nidhi, Mahajan, Sadia, Khanam, Khatri, Arti, Arnab, Ghosh, Khan, Niyaz Ahmed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6811992/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31667050
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2019.07.007
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Sumario:Mucormycosis is a rare, fatal angioinvasive infection occurring in immunocompromised individuals. Gastrointestinal mucormycosis is rare variety with high mortality rate. We present a case of GI mucormycosis in a 2-year-old male child who presented with abdominal mass with no underlying risk factors. The aim of this case report is to emphasize on its etiopathogenesis and keeping mucormycosis high in the differential diagnosis in a child presenting with abdominal mass.