RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 A case of pediatric gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis mimicking Crohn’s disease. A review of pediatric literature
JF Saudi Medical Journal
JO Saudi Med J
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 1068
OP 1072
VO 34
IS 10
A1 Al Asmi, Mona M.
A1 Faqeehi, Hassan Y.
A1 Alshahrani, Dayel A.
A1 Al-Hussaini, Abdulrahman A.
YR 2013
UL http://smj.org.sa/content/34/10/1068.abstract
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.