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Invasive Basidiobolomycosis Presenting as Retroperitoneal Fibrosis: A Case Report
Basidiobolomycosis is an uncommon emerging fungal infection caused by Basidiobolus ranarum. It frequently causes cutaneous infection, but it rarely infects visceral tissues in humans. Here, a 39-year-old previously healthy woman presented with severe left-sided abdominal pain and weight loss. She ha...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7014094/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31952125 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17020535 |
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author | Alsharidah, Abdulmalek Mahli, Yahya Alshabyli, Nayef Alsuhaibani, Mohammed |
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description | Basidiobolomycosis is an uncommon emerging fungal infection caused by Basidiobolus ranarum. It frequently causes cutaneous infection, but it rarely infects visceral tissues in humans. Here, a 39-year-old previously healthy woman presented with severe left-sided abdominal pain and weight loss. She had visited several hospitals and had provisionally been diagnosed as having either a retroperitoneal malignancy or retroperitoneal fibrosis before being referred to our hospital. Abdominal computerized tomography and biopsy of the retroperitoneal mass revealed retroperitoneal basidiobolomycosis infection. She was started on antifungal treatment. This led to significant improvement, without surgical intervention. Gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis can present in many forms, commonly involving the colon and liver with multifocal inflammatory masses. Nonetheless, retroperitoneal basidiobolomycosis presentation is extremely rare and should be considered in the differential diagnosis of a retroperitoneal mass with eosinophilia. |
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spelling | pubmed-70140942020-03-09 Invasive Basidiobolomycosis Presenting as Retroperitoneal Fibrosis: A Case Report Alsharidah, Abdulmalek Mahli, Yahya Alshabyli, Nayef Alsuhaibani, Mohammed Int J Environ Res Public Health Case Report Basidiobolomycosis is an uncommon emerging fungal infection caused by Basidiobolus ranarum. It frequently causes cutaneous infection, but it rarely infects visceral tissues in humans. Here, a 39-year-old previously healthy woman presented with severe left-sided abdominal pain and weight loss. She had visited several hospitals and had provisionally been diagnosed as having either a retroperitoneal malignancy or retroperitoneal fibrosis before being referred to our hospital. Abdominal computerized tomography and biopsy of the retroperitoneal mass revealed retroperitoneal basidiobolomycosis infection. She was started on antifungal treatment. This led to significant improvement, without surgical intervention. Gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis can present in many forms, commonly involving the colon and liver with multifocal inflammatory masses. Nonetheless, retroperitoneal basidiobolomycosis presentation is extremely rare and should be considered in the differential diagnosis of a retroperitoneal mass with eosinophilia. MDPI 2020-01-15 2020-01 /pmc/articles/PMC7014094/ /pubmed/31952125 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17020535 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Case Report Alsharidah, Abdulmalek Mahli, Yahya Alshabyli, Nayef Alsuhaibani, Mohammed Invasive Basidiobolomycosis Presenting as Retroperitoneal Fibrosis: A Case Report |
title | Invasive Basidiobolomycosis Presenting as Retroperitoneal Fibrosis: A Case Report |
title_full | Invasive Basidiobolomycosis Presenting as Retroperitoneal Fibrosis: A Case Report |
title_fullStr | Invasive Basidiobolomycosis Presenting as Retroperitoneal Fibrosis: A Case Report |
title_full_unstemmed | Invasive Basidiobolomycosis Presenting as Retroperitoneal Fibrosis: A Case Report |
title_short | Invasive Basidiobolomycosis Presenting as Retroperitoneal Fibrosis: A Case Report |
title_sort | invasive basidiobolomycosis presenting as retroperitoneal fibrosis: a case report |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7014094/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31952125 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17020535 |
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