Gastric Mucormycosis: Case Report

Abstract

To report a Rare Case report of Gastric Mucormycosis. Mucormycosis is an opportunistic invasive fungal infection with very high mortality. Gastrointestinal mucormycosis is very rare entity. Stomach is most common site, followed by colon and then ileum. Common predisposing risk factors for this are uncontrolled diabetes, post organ transplantation, malignancy, and major trauma. Radiological investigations are nonspecific and endoscopically one should have high suspicion of this, and ultimate diagnosis is by tissue biopsy.