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

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 combinati...

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Published in:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Main Authors: Omid Reza Zekavat, Babak Abdolkarimi, Gholamreza Pouladfar, Gholamreza Fathpour, Maral Mokhtari, Nader Shakibazad
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
Subjects:
Basidiobolomycosis
Lymphoma
Gastrointestinal
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0057-2017
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spelling ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:608796d96816492ebbe82d5147c04675 2023-05-15T14:56:01+02:00 Colonic basidiobolomycosis with liver involvement masquerading as gastrointestinal lymphoma: a case report and literature review Omid Reza Zekavat Babak Abdolkarimi Gholamreza Pouladfar Gholamreza Fathpour Maral Mokhtari Nader Shakibazad https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0057-2017 https://doaj.org/article/608796d96816492ebbe82d5147c04675 EN eng Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822017000500712&lng=en&tlng=en https://doaj.org/toc/1678-9849 1678-9849 doi:10.1590/0037-8682-0057-2017 https://doaj.org/article/608796d96816492ebbe82d5147c04675 Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, Vol 50, Iss 5, Pp 712-714 Basidiobolomycosis Lymphoma Gastrointestinal Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0057-2017 2022-12-30T23:24:32Z 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. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical 50 5 712 714
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topic Basidiobolomycosis
Lymphoma
Gastrointestinal
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
spellingShingle Basidiobolomycosis
Lymphoma
Gastrointestinal
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Omid Reza Zekavat
Babak Abdolkarimi
Gholamreza Pouladfar
Gholamreza Fathpour
Maral Mokhtari
Nader Shakibazad
Colonic basidiobolomycosis with liver involvement masquerading as gastrointestinal lymphoma: a case report and literature review
topic_facet Basidiobolomycosis
Lymphoma
Gastrointestinal
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
description 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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author Omid Reza Zekavat
Babak Abdolkarimi
Gholamreza Pouladfar
Gholamreza Fathpour
Maral Mokhtari
Nader Shakibazad
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Babak Abdolkarimi
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Maral Mokhtari
Nader Shakibazad
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title Colonic basidiobolomycosis with liver involvement masquerading as gastrointestinal lymphoma: a case report and literature review
title_short Colonic basidiobolomycosis with liver involvement masquerading as gastrointestinal lymphoma: a case report and literature review
title_full Colonic basidiobolomycosis with liver involvement masquerading as gastrointestinal lymphoma: a case report and literature review
title_fullStr Colonic basidiobolomycosis with liver involvement masquerading as gastrointestinal lymphoma: a case report and literature review
title_full_unstemmed Colonic basidiobolomycosis with liver involvement masquerading as gastrointestinal lymphoma: a case report and literature review
title_sort colonic basidiobolomycosis with liver involvement masquerading as gastrointestinal lymphoma: a case report and literature review
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