Colonic basidiobolomycosis with liver involvement masquerading as gastrointestinal lymphoma: a case report and literature review

Autor: Omid Reza Zekavat, Babak Abdolkarimi, Gholamreza Pouladfar, Gholamreza Fathpour, Maral Mokhtari, Nader Shakibazad
Jazyk: angličtina
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Zdroj: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, Vol 50, Iss 5, Pp 712-714
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1678-9849
0037-8682
DOI: 10.1590/0037-8682-0057-2017
Popis: Abstract Basidiobolomycosis is an unusual fungal skin infection that rarely involves the gastrointestinal tract. This study reported a 5-year-old boy with gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis that had been misdiagnosed as gastrointestinal lymphoma. He was treated by surgical resection and a combination of posaconazole and amphotericin B deoxycholate with an acceptable response and no recurrence.
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