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An unusual cause of acute anemia in an immunosuppressed patient

Author(s) -

Jamak Modaresi Esfeh,

Whitney E. Jackson,

Kianoush AnsariGilani,

Brian Putka

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

gastroenterology report

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.934

H-Index - 26

eISSN - 2052-0034

pISSN - 2304-1412

DOI - 10.1093/gastro/gov005

Subject(s) - medicine , mucormycosis , anemia , disease , mortality rate , colonization , dermatology , surgery , microbiology and biotechnology , biology

Gastrointestinal mucormycosis is an uncommon, invasive, opportunistic fungal infection with a high mortality rate, seen more commonly in immunocompromised patients. This lethal infection has a wide range of presentations, from colonization of peptic ulcers to infiltrative disease and eventually vascular invasion. Here we present a case of upper gastrointestinal bleeding in an immunocompromised patient, which was proved to be secondary to gastric involvement by mucormycosis.

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