Pediatric Gastrointestinal Basidiobolomycosis mimicking Malignancy

Publication date: Available online 24 August 2017
Source:Medical Mycology Case Reports
Author(s): Zainab Almoosa, Mohammed Alsuhaibani, Sadeq AlDandan, Dayel Alshahrani
Basidiobolomycosis is a rare fungal infection with high prevalence in southwestern province of Saudi Arabia (Tohama region); it mainly causes subcutaneous infections and rarely gastrointestinal disease. Because of its indolent presentation, it is often misdiagnosed as IBD, tuberculosis or Malignancy.We are reporting a 7 year old Saudi girl with abdominal mass, fever and eosinophilia resembling malignancy on radiological and pathological picture fully recovered with only medical therapy in the form of oral Voriconazole 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.



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