Alireza FAHIMZAD, Abdollah KARIMI, Sedigheh Rafiee TABATABAEI, Mahbubeh Gerami ZADEH

Gastrointestinal Basidiobolomycosis as a Rare Etiology of Bowel Obstruction

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.

Anahtar Kelimeler:

Basidiobolomycosis, bowel obstruction, fungal infection, children

Gastrointestinal Basidiobolomycosis as a Rare Etiology of Bowel Obstruction

Keywords:

Basidiobolomycosis, bowel obstruction, fungal infection, children,

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