Entomophthoramycosis: A diagnostically challenging presentation of liver space–occupying lesion

Entomophthoramycosis, a rare fungal infection, can mimic various clinical entities. We present a case of entomophthoramycosis affecting a 3-year-old male masquerading as liver tumour, diagnosed on stereotactic biopsy and later on resected specimen. He improved following partial hepatectomy and antif...

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Autores principales: Peyam, Srinivasan, Thirunavukkarasu, Balamurugan, Gupta, Kirti, Trehan, Amita
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7656861/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33224500
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050313X20971405
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author Peyam, Srinivasan
Thirunavukkarasu, Balamurugan
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Trehan, Amita
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description Entomophthoramycosis, a rare fungal infection, can mimic various clinical entities. We present a case of entomophthoramycosis affecting a 3-year-old male masquerading as liver tumour, diagnosed on stereotactic biopsy and later on resected specimen. He improved following partial hepatectomy and antifungal therapy. A high index of suspicion and heightened awareness regarding its unique morphological characteristics are required for appropriate management.
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spelling pubmed-76568612020-11-20 Entomophthoramycosis: A diagnostically challenging presentation of liver space–occupying lesion Peyam, Srinivasan Thirunavukkarasu, Balamurugan Gupta, Kirti Trehan, Amita SAGE Open Med Case Rep Case Report Entomophthoramycosis, a rare fungal infection, can mimic various clinical entities. We present a case of entomophthoramycosis affecting a 3-year-old male masquerading as liver tumour, diagnosed on stereotactic biopsy and later on resected specimen. He improved following partial hepatectomy and antifungal therapy. A high index of suspicion and heightened awareness regarding its unique morphological characteristics are required for appropriate management. SAGE Publications 2020-11-06 /pmc/articles/PMC7656861/ /pubmed/33224500 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050313X20971405 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7656861/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050313X20971405
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