Intestinal mucormycosis complicated by iliac artery aneurysm and ureteric rupture in a child with new-onset type 1 diabetes mellitus

Affiliations

¹ Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Medanta Medicity Hospital, Gurugram, India.
² Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
³ Department of Pediatric Critical Care, Medanta Medicity Hospital, Gurugram, India.
⁴ Department of Pediatric Surgery, Medanta Medicity Hospital, Gurugram, India.

Case Reports

Ganesh Jevalikar et al. J Paediatr Child Health. 2021 Jul.

. 2021 Jul;57(7):1117-1119.

doi: 10.1111/jpc.15126. Epub 2020 Aug 20.

¹ Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Medanta Medicity Hospital, Gurugram, India.
² Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
³ Department of Pediatric Critical Care, Medanta Medicity Hospital, Gurugram, India.
⁴ Department of Pediatric Surgery, Medanta Medicity Hospital, Gurugram, India.

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