Gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis in children mimicking as abdominal malignancy: A rare case report
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Pediatric gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis mimicking malignancy
Basidiobolomycosis is a rare fungal infection with high prevalence in southwestern province of Saudi Arabia (Tohama region); it mainly causes subcutaneous infections and rarely gastrointestinal disease. Because of its indolent presentation, it is often misdiagnosed as IBD, tuberculosis or Malignancy. We are reporting a 7 year old Saudi girl with abdominal mass, fever and eosinophilia resembling...
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عنوان ژورنال: IP Archives of Cytology and Histopathology Research
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2581-5725,2456-9267
DOI: 10.18231/j.achr.2020.056