Journals / Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences / 2006 / Cilt: 36 - Sayı: 4

Gastrointestinal Basidiobolomycosis as a Rare Etiology of Bowel Obstruction

Pages
239–241
DOI
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Abstract

Basidiobolomycosis is an unusual fungal infection that manifests in the skin and rarely involves the gastrointestinal tract. Gastrointestinal Basidiobolomycosis is rarely reported in the medical literature. We report a 1.5-year-old boy from the south of Iran with bowel obstruction which was diagnosed as gastrointestinal Basidiobolomycosis.

Özet

Basidiobolomycosis is an unusual fungal infection that manifests in the skin and rarely involves the gastrointestinal tract. Gastrointestinal Basidiobolomycosis is rarely reported in the medical literature. We report a 1.5-year-old boy from the south of Iran with bowel obstruction which was diagnosed as gastrointestinal Basidiobolomycosis.

Keywords: Basidiobolomycosis, bowel obstruction, fungal infection, children