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Gastric mucormycosis with splenic invasion a rare abdominal complication of COVID-19 pneumonia
Mucormycosis (previously called zygomycosis or phycomycosis) is an uncommon opportunistic infection with the gastrointestinal form being the rarest occurrence and one of the most lethal infections known to humanity. The most common risk factors predisposing to develop gastric mucormycosis are uncont...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8645494/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34877069 http://dx.doi.org/10.25259/JCIS_161_2021 |
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author | Yuvaraj, M. Mathapati, Pavankumar M. Seena, C. R. Ramaswami, Sukumar |
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description | Mucormycosis (previously called zygomycosis or phycomycosis) is an uncommon opportunistic infection with the gastrointestinal form being the rarest occurrence and one of the most lethal infections known to humanity. The most common risk factors predisposing to develop gastric mucormycosis are uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, stem cell transplantation, or underlying any hematologic malignancy and major trauma. Pain abdomen, hematemesis, and melena are common symptoms which the patient presents. The exact diagnosis of gastric mucormycosis can be missed due rarity of the disease. A high level of suspicion is required in the early diagnosis and management of disease, particularly in immunocompromised patients. The radiological imaging modalities such as CT scan or MRI of the abdomen initially usually reveal non-specific findings such as mucosal wall thickening, mass, and reactive lymphadenopathy and prompt additional investigation with endoscopic or surgical biopsy of the lesions. The disease outcome and mortality are very high with gastrointestinal mucormycosis. |
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spelling | pubmed-86454942021-12-06 Gastric mucormycosis with splenic invasion a rare abdominal complication of COVID-19 pneumonia Yuvaraj, M. Mathapati, Pavankumar M. Seena, C. R. Ramaswami, Sukumar J Clin Imaging Sci Case Report Mucormycosis (previously called zygomycosis or phycomycosis) is an uncommon opportunistic infection with the gastrointestinal form being the rarest occurrence and one of the most lethal infections known to humanity. The most common risk factors predisposing to develop gastric mucormycosis are uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, stem cell transplantation, or underlying any hematologic malignancy and major trauma. Pain abdomen, hematemesis, and melena are common symptoms which the patient presents. The exact diagnosis of gastric mucormycosis can be missed due rarity of the disease. A high level of suspicion is required in the early diagnosis and management of disease, particularly in immunocompromised patients. The radiological imaging modalities such as CT scan or MRI of the abdomen initially usually reveal non-specific findings such as mucosal wall thickening, mass, and reactive lymphadenopathy and prompt additional investigation with endoscopic or surgical biopsy of the lesions. The disease outcome and mortality are very high with gastrointestinal mucormycosis. Scientific Scholar 2021-11-17 /pmc/articles/PMC8645494/ /pubmed/34877069 http://dx.doi.org/10.25259/JCIS_161_2021 Text en © 2021 Published by Scientific Scholar on behalf of Journal of Clinical Imaging Science https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-Share Alike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Yuvaraj, M. Mathapati, Pavankumar M. Seena, C. R. Ramaswami, Sukumar Gastric mucormycosis with splenic invasion a rare abdominal complication of COVID-19 pneumonia |
title | Gastric mucormycosis with splenic invasion a rare abdominal complication of COVID-19 pneumonia |
title_full | Gastric mucormycosis with splenic invasion a rare abdominal complication of COVID-19 pneumonia |
title_fullStr | Gastric mucormycosis with splenic invasion a rare abdominal complication of COVID-19 pneumonia |
title_full_unstemmed | Gastric mucormycosis with splenic invasion a rare abdominal complication of COVID-19 pneumonia |
title_short | Gastric mucormycosis with splenic invasion a rare abdominal complication of COVID-19 pneumonia |
title_sort | gastric mucormycosis with splenic invasion a rare abdominal complication of covid-19 pneumonia |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8645494/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34877069 http://dx.doi.org/10.25259/JCIS_161_2021 |
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