zygomycosis of colon case report and review of the literature

zygomycosis is a fulminant infection which usually afflicts patients who are immunocompromised by diabetes mellitus, malignancy or immunosuppressive therapy.l this disease is a rare but highly invasive fungal infection which occurs in organ transplant recipients. 2 mucormycosis confined to the gastrointestinal tract is an uncommon form of the disease. accounting for only seven percent of all mucormycoses.3 ..c we are reporting a case of gastrointestinal mucormycosis in a young woman, perhaps for the first time in iran.