Basidiobolomycosis a mysterious fungal infection mimic small intestinal and colonic tumour with renal insufficiency and ominous outcome. 2013

Shokouh Taghipour Zahir, and Naser Sefidrokh Sharahjin, and Saeed Kargar
Department of Pathology, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Islamic Republic of Iran. shokouh_zahir@yahoo.com

Basidiobolomycosis is a rare fungal infection caused by Basidiobolus ranarum a worldwide environmental saprophyte fungus that is potentially a pathogen. B ranarum mainly affects the subcutaneous tissues but gastrointestinal and disseminated infections rarely have been reported previously. We report a case of B ranarum infection in a 12-year-old immunocompetent boy presented with abdominal pain from 2 months earlier before admission in the hospital. Abdominal CT scan revealed a lobulated mass-like lesion in the vicinity of right lower quadrant enveloping ascending colon and terminal ileum with involvement of mesentery. Histopathological examination showed severe full-thickness infiltration of inflammatory cells mainly eosinophils admixed with multinucleated giant cells and large areas of necrosis with granulomatous feature. Periodic acid Schiff staining demonstrated thin-walled septate fungal hyphae's surrounded by eosinophilic material (Splendore-Hoppeli phenomenon) identified as a basidiobolomycosis.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007078 Ileal Neoplasms Tumors or cancer in the ILEUM region of the small intestine (INTESTINE, SMALL). Cancer of ILEUM,Cancer of the ILEUM,Cancer, Ileal,Ileal Cancer,Cancers, Ileal,ILEUM Cancer,ILEUM Cancers,Ileal Cancers,Ileal Neoplasm,Neoplasm, Ileal,Neoplasms, Ileal
D007411 Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic Infections of the INTESTINES with PARASITES, commonly involving PARASITIC WORMS. Infections with roundworms (NEMATODE INFECTIONS) and tapeworms (CESTODE INFECTIONS) are also known as HELMINTHIASIS. Parasitic Intestinal Diseases,Disease, Parasitic Intestinal,Diseases, Parasitic Intestinal,Intestinal Disease, Parasitic,Parasitic Intestinal Disease
D008297 Male Males
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D003110 Colonic Neoplasms Tumors or cancer of the COLON. Cancer of Colon,Colon Adenocarcinoma,Colon Cancer,Cancer of the Colon,Colon Neoplasms,Colonic Cancer,Neoplasms, Colonic,Adenocarcinoma, Colon,Adenocarcinomas, Colon,Cancer, Colon,Cancer, Colonic,Cancers, Colon,Cancers, Colonic,Colon Adenocarcinomas,Colon Cancers,Colon Neoplasm,Colonic Cancers,Colonic Neoplasm,Neoplasm, Colon,Neoplasm, Colonic,Neoplasms, Colon
D003937 Diagnosis, Differential Determination of which one of two or more diseases or conditions a patient is suffering from by systematically comparing and contrasting results of diagnostic measures. Diagnoses, Differential,Differential Diagnoses,Differential Diagnosis
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D015746 Abdominal Pain Sensation of discomfort, distress, or agony in the abdominal region. Colicky Pain,Abdominal Pains,Colicky Pains,Pain, Abdominal,Pain, Colicky,Pains, Abdominal,Pains, Colicky
D051437 Renal Insufficiency Conditions in which the KIDNEYS perform below the normal level in the ability to remove wastes, concentrate URINE, and maintain ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; and CALCIUM metabolism. Renal insufficiency can be classified by the degree of kidney damage (as measured by the level of PROTEINURIA) and reduction in GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE. Kidney Insufficiency,Kidney Failure,Renal Failure,Failure, Kidney,Failure, Renal,Failures, Kidney,Failures, Renal,Insufficiency, Kidney,Kidney Failures,Kidney Insufficiencies,Renal Failures,Renal Insufficiencies
D017809 Fatal Outcome Death resulting from the presence of a disease in an individual, as shown by a single case report or a limited number of patients. This should be differentiated from DEATH, the physiological cessation of life and from MORTALITY, an epidemiological or statistical concept. Fatal Outcomes,Outcome, Fatal,Outcomes, Fatal

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