PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Al Asmi, Mona M.
AU  - Faqeehi, Hassan Y.
AU  - Alshahrani, Dayel A.
AU  - Al-Hussaini, Abdulrahman A.
TI  - A case of pediatric gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis mimicking Crohn’s disease. A review of pediatric literature
DP  - 2013 Oct 01
TA  - Saudi Medical Journal
PG  - 1068--1072
VI  - 34
IP  - 10
4099  - http://smj.org.sa/content/34/10/1068.short
4100  - http://smj.org.sa/content/34/10/1068.full
SO  - Saudi Med J2013 Oct 01; 34
AB  - Basidiobolomycosis is a rare fungal infection caused by basidiobolus ranarum. The vast majority of gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis cases were reported from tropical and subtropical regions. We report a Saudi pediatric patient with ileal basidiobolomycosis and initial clinical presentation mimicking acute appendicitis before being misdiagnosed as Crohn's disease. Our case is the first to report effective treatment of pediatric gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis using voriconazole mono-therapy. In addition, we present extensive review of pediatric gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis in medical literature.