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Challenging Presentations of Seven Cases of Gastrointestinal Basidiobolomycosis in Sudan: Clinical Features, Histology, Imaging, and Recommendations

Basidiobolomycosis is a fungal infection caused by Basidiobolus ranarum which affects the skin and subcutaneous tissue and rarely the gastrointestinal tract. We report seven cases of gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis with interesting clinical, radiological, and histological presentations. To our k...

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Autores principales: Mohammed, Sawsan A., Abdelsatir, Azza A., Abdellatif, Mohamed, Suliman, Suliman Hussein, Elbasheer, Omer Mohammed Ibrahim, Abdalla, Awad Rhmattalla, Widattalla, Abubakr H., Tamimeldar, Safeya Ahmed M., Amin, Abdelgadir A., Ahmed, Mohamed H., Abdelsatir, Ali Mohammed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2020
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7773445/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33390679
http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0040-1721149
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Sumario:Basidiobolomycosis is a fungal infection caused by Basidiobolus ranarum which affects the skin and subcutaneous tissue and rarely the gastrointestinal tract. We report seven cases of gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis with interesting clinical, radiological, and histological presentations. To our knowledge, this is the first case series of abdominal basidiobolomycosis to be reported from Sudan.