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Case Reports
. 2023 Sep 23;10(9):e01161.
doi: 10.14309/crj.0000000000001161. eCollection 2023 Sep.

Invasive Gastrointestinal Mucormycosis

Boris Zhong  1 , Tyson Amundsen  2 , Christopher Farmer  3
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Case Reports

Invasive Gastrointestinal Mucormycosis

Boris Zhong et al. ACG Case Rep J. .

Abstract

Invasive mucormycosis is an opportunistic fungal infection that can be devastating in immunosuppressed patients. Gastrointestinal infection is rare, but carries among the highest mortality rates of its major clinical presentations. We present a case of invasive gastrointestinal mucormycosis in a patient who underwent recent chemotherapy and autologous stem cell transplant. Initial histopathology revealed cytomegalovirus infection, which was treated before subsequent diagnosis of mucormycosis on repeat bowel biopsy. Our case highlights a myriad of risk factors that increase the potential for serious infection by this pervasive fungus.

Keywords: cytomegalovirus; disseminated; immunosuppressed; mucormycosis.

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Figures

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Figure 1.
Circumferential ulcerations seen in the jejunum on push enteroscopy.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Mucosal ulceration with underlying necrotizing granulomatous inflammation (circle) with nonseptated fungal hyphae (arrow) (hematoxylin and eosin stain, 200× magnification).
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