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Gastric mucormycosis complicated by a gastropleural fistula: A case report and review of the literature.
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- Gastric Mucormycosis in a Critically Ill Patient Who Survived Without Surgery: A Case Report.Cureus · 2025Article
- Gastrointestinal and Intra-Abdominal Mucormycosis in Non-Haematological Patients-A Comprehensive Review.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Gastrointestinal mucormycosis byMedical mycology case reports · 2025Article
- RecurrentMedical mycology case reports · 2024Article
- Mucormycosis Causing Splenic Infarction, Gastric Fistula, and Brain Abscess in a Patient With Acute Myeloid Leukemia: A Case Report.Case reports in infectious diseases · 2024Article
- A successfully treated gastric mucormycosis in an immunocompetent patient: Case report and literature review.Clinical case reports · 2023Article
- The rare thoracic complication: perforation of gastric fundus ulcer: a case report.Journal of medical case reports · 2022Article
- A Case of Gastric Mucormycosis in a 21-Year-Old Patient With Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis.Cureus · 2022Article
- Fulminant elderly adult-onset Still disease effectively treated with tocilizumab and methotrexate: A case report.Medicine · 2022Article
- An overview of COVID-19 related to fungal infections: what do we know after the first year of pandemic?Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] · 2022Review
- Candida spp. co-infection in COVID-19 patients with severe pneumonia: Prevalence study and associated risk factors.Respiratory medicine · 2021Observational
- Identifying Mucormycosis Severity in Indian COVID-19 Patients: A Nano-Based Diagnosis and the Necessity for Critical Therapeutic Intervention.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Gastric mucormycosis with splenic invasion a rare abdominal complication of COVID-19 pneumonia.Journal of clinical imaging science · 2021Article
- Gastric Mucormycosis: An Infection of Fungal Invasion into the Gastric Mucosa in Immunocompromised Patients.Case reports in gastrointestinal medicine · 2020Article
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Abstract
rationaleMucormycosis is a rare opportunistic fungal infection with poor prognosis. The incidence of mucormycosis has been increasing, and it is a threat to immunocompromised hosts. We present a case of gastric mucormycosis complicated by a gastropleural fistula during immunosuppressive treatment for adult-onset Still disease (AOSD). PATIENT CONCERNS: An 82-year-old woman diagnosed with AOSD who developed gastric ulcers during the administration of an immunosuppressive therapy with corticosteroids, cyclosporine, and tocilizumab complained of melena and epigastralgia. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy showed multiple ulcers covered with grayish or greenish exudates. DIAGNOSES: The patient diagnosed with mucormycosis based on culture and biopsy of the ulcers, which showed nonseptate hyphae branching at wide angles. Mucor indicus was identified using polymerase chain reaction. INTERVENTIONS AND OUTCOMES: Although liposomal amphotericin B was administered, gastric mucormycosis was found to be complicated by a gastropleural fistula. The patient died because of pneumonia due to cytomegalovirus infection, and autopsy revealed the presence of Mucorales around the fistula connecting the stomach and diaphragm. LESSONS: Gastric mucormycosis is refractory to treatment and fatal. Surgical resection, if possible, along with antifungal drugs can result in better outcomes.
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