Basidiobolus ranarum as an Etiologic Agent of Gastrointestinal Zygomycosis

Comments on the distribution of Basidiobolus ranarum.

Subcutaneous Zygomycosis Due to Basidiobolus ranarum: A Case Report from Maharastra, India

Entomophthoromycosis is a rare entity. We hereby report a case of entomophthoromycosis in a three-year-old Asian child who presented with a painless, nontender, rapidly increasing large swelling on the thigh of six months duration, which was initially misdiagnosed as a soft tissue tumor and resected. The cause of misleading diagnosis was rapid growth of the lesion in a short duration of time, i...

The Sinus That Breeds Fungus: Subcutaneous Zygomycosis Caused by Basidiobolus ranarum at the Injection Site

Subcutaneous zygomycosis is caused by Basidiobolus ranarum which is endemic in India. We report a case of a housewife who presented with a persistent discharging sinus from the right gluteal region subsequent to an intramuscular injection which was refractory to empirical antituberculous therapy. She underwent an excision of the sinus tract, the culture of which yielded B. ranarum. The wound im...

Relato de caso de entomoftoromicose subcutânea com invasão retroperitoneal

The authors describe a case of entomophthoromycosis in a previously healthy patient, who presented with an abscess in the right buttock. After surgical drainage it evolved into a retroperitoneal tumor. The patient improved clinically after resection of the mass and ketoconazole treatment. The histopathological analysis showed the Splendore-Hoeppli phenomenon, suggesting Basidiobolus ranarum inf...

Antipsychotic agent as an etiologic agent of IFIS.

In their paper on the intraoperative floppy iris syndrome (IFIS), Chang and Campbell raise awareness of an important clinical syndrome we have encountered on 2 separate occasions that proved challenging to complete safely; in hindsight, it was IFIS. In 1 case, we used Healon GV (Pfizer), which seemed to limit iris prolapse into the wound. We are interested to knowwhy the authors chose 1 to 2 we...