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IRANIAN RED CRESCENT MEDICAL JOURNAL
卷 19, 期 10, 页码 -出版社
KOWSAR PUBL
DOI: 10.5812/ircmj.60281
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Mucormycosis; Inflammatory; Bowel; Disease
Introduction: Mucormycosis of the gastrointestinal tract is a rare invasive fungal infectionand due to late diagnosis, it is associated with a high mortality rate. Case Presentation: The studied patient was a 20-year-old woman, known case of Ulcerative colitis, admitted to emergency unit of Alzahra hospital of Isfahan University Of Medical Sciences, Iran, in May of 2013 by abdominal pain, fever, and leucopenia. With possible diagnosis of typhlitis, she underwent laparotomy. Gangrene, inflammation, and obstruction of 30 centimeter of jejunum and momentum were detected. Pathology reported neutropenic enteritis due to zygomatic infection consist with intestinal mucormycosis. Conclusions: In patients with high clinical suspicion of gastrointestinal tract mucormycosis, the emergence of early diagnosis, correction of underlying risk factors, and treatment are of great importance.
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