• Annals of Saudi medicine · Sep 2013

    Review Case Reports

    Gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis: mimicking Crohns disease case report and review of the literature.

    • Khalid AlSaleem, Ali Al-Mehaidib, Mohammed Banemai, Ibrahim bin-Hussain, Mousa Faqih, and Ahmed Al Mehmadi.
    • Khalid AlSaleem, Department of Pediatrics,, MBC 58 King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre,, PO Box 3354, Riyadh 11211,, Saudi Arabia, M: 966-505445487, ksaleem@kfshrc.edu.sa.
    • Ann Saudi Med. 2013 Sep 1; 33 (5): 500-4.

    AbstractGastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis (GIB) is an unusual fungal infection that manifests in the skin and rarely involves other systems. All of the few cases of GIB reported so far were diagnosed with difficulty, necessitating laparotomy and resection of the inflamed part of the bowel. We report a child with GIB who was successfully diagnosed endoscopically without surgical intervention.

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