Shirin Kord
Title: Isolated Hepatic Basidiobolomycosis in a 2-Year-Old Girl: The first case report Report
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Biography: Shirin Kord
Abstract
Introduction: Gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis is an emerging infection, with fewer than 80 cases reported in the English literature. Zygomycosis includes 2 orders, one of which causes fungal infections in an immune compromised host (Mucorales) and the other in an immune competent host (Entomophthorales). Basidiobolus ranarum belongs to the second group and is a saprophyte found mostly in soil and decaying vegetable material. It is a low virulent fungus, and the first human case of this fungal infection was reported in 1956 in subcutaneous tissue. Since then, many cases of subcutaneous basidiobolomycosis have been reported. However, the gastrointestinal (GI) involvement of this fungus is an emerging infection and has rarely been reported. Recently, a few cases of GI basidiobolomycosis, accompanied by liver involvement as part of a disseminated disease, have been reported To the best of our knowledge, no case has been reported in the English literature with an isolated liver mass caused by basidiobolomycosis without the involvement of any other organ. Accordingly, herein we report our experience with a 2-year-old girl, who presented with a liver mass subsequently identified as basidiobolomycosis.
Case Presentation: Also, a few cases of gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis, accompanied by liver involvement as part of a disseminated disease, have been reported.
Conclusions: This is the first case report of an isolated liver involvement of this fungal infection in a 2-year-old girl, who presented with a liver mass resembling a hepatic abscess.