Jejunal stricture due to mucormycosis
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Richa Budhiraja1, Siddharth Bhargava2, Neena Sood3
1MBBS student (Intern), Department of Pediatrics, Dayanand Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India.
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|July 21, 2019
Abstract:
Mucormycosis is generally considered to be an acute, rapidly progressing, opportunistic fungal infection. Chronic manifestations are extremely rare. Mucormycosis affecting the jejunum is very rare and few cases have been reported. We report a case of mucormycosis causing jejunal stricture in an infant aged six months.
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