Year 2017 / Volume 109 / Number 3
Case Report
Mucormycosis: an unusual cause of gastric perforation and severe bleeding in immunocompetent patients

223-225

DOI: 10.17235/reed.2016.4269/2016

Patricia Sánchez Velázquez, Manuel Pera, Javier Gimeno, Ana Zapatero, Joan Nolla, Miguel Pera,

Abstract
Mucormycosis is a rare and often fatal opportunistic infection that especially occurs in immunocompromised patients. Primary gastrointestinal infection is uncommon and accounts for only approximately 7% of all cases of mucormycosis but it is associated with an 85% mortality rate due to perforation and massive bleeding. Very few cases of gastrointestinal mucormycosis in an immunocompetent host have been reported. We describe a case of gastric necrosis and massive bleeding due to fulminant invasive mucormycosis.
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Publication history

Received: 14/02/2016

Accepted: 05/04/2016

Online First: 18/04/2016

Published: 28/02/2017

Article revision time: 50 days

Article Online First time: 64 days

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