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- Case Report A Case of Ileal Mucormycosis in a Patient with Gastrointestinal Behcet's Disease
- Song Yi Han, Duk Hwan Kim, Jae Jun Park, Chang Mo Moon, Eun Soo Kim, Jae Hee Cheon, Tae Il Kim, Seung Hyuk Baik, Hogeun Kim, Won Ho Kim
- Intestinal Research 2008;6(2):140-144. Published online: December 30, 2008
Departments of Internal Medicine, Surgery and Pathology†, Institute of Gastroenterology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Abstract
Zygomycosis (mucormycosis) is a rare fungal infectious disease, usually found in association with an immunocompromised state. Gastrointestinal mucormycosis is extremely rare and fatal, thus it is important to detect and manage this disease at an early stage in an effort to improve survival. To date, no cases of mucormycosis superimposed on gastrointestinal Behcet's disease have been reported. Herein we report a case in which gastrointestinal mucormycosis occurred in a 17-year-old-female with Behcet's disease. The patient recovered from her disease after undergoing an ileocecectomy. (Intest Res 2008;6:140-144)
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