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ArticleBMJ case reports2024

Masquerading fungal bowel mass in an adolescent: a clinicopathological challenge.

Meera Anitha K Viswambharan Sarngadharan C, Aureen Ruby DCunha, Sandeep B Rai, Kishan Prasad, Divya Ail

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Meera Anitha K Viswambharan Sarngadharan CGeneral Surgery, NITTE KS Hegde Medical Academy, Mangaluru, Karnataka, India.
Aureen Ruby DCunhaPediatric Surgery, NITTE KS Hegde Medical Academy, Mangaluru, Karnataka, India aureen_d@yahoo.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7808-2091
Sandeep B RaiPediatric Surgery, NITTE KS Hegde Medical Academy, Mangaluru, Karnataka, India.
Kishan PrasadPathology, NITTE Deemed to be University, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
Divya AilPathology, NITTE Deemed to be University, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
K S Hegde Medical Academy · INNitte University · IN

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Abstract

Abdominal masses clubbed with weight loss in the paediatric age group can raise hairs, especially since malignancy is a differential. We present the case of an early adolescent male who presented with abdominal pain and was found to have a mass mimicking a malignancy. The resected surgical specimen revealed entomophthoromycosis of the jejunum and he made a complete recovery following surgery and adjuvant itraconazole. The diagnosis of a fungal aetiology in these cases requires a high index of suspicion and background knowledge of the risk factors, disease occurrence and mode of presentation. Gastrointestinal entomophthoromycosis has an impressive potential for cure if promptly diagnosed and treated.

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ZygomycosisAbdominal PainAdolescentHumansItraconazoleMaleNeoplasmsItraconazoleGastrointestinal surgeryGastrointestinal system

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PMID38471698
PMCPMC10936497
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