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Hepatic basidiobolomycosis masquerading as cholangiocarcinoma: a case report and literature review
Roopali Sehrawat1, Nalini Bansal1, Ajitabh Srivastava2
1Department of Pathology, SGT University, Budhera, Gurugram, India.
Journal of Liver Cancer
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Abstract:
Basidiobolus ranarum is known to cause subcutaneous mycoses; however, rare cases of hepatic and gastrointestinal involvement by basidiobolomycosis have been reported. Hepatic basidiobolomycosis may be confused with a carcinoma on imaging, and histological examination and fungal culture can help distinguish between these two. We report a rare case of basidiobolomycosis in a 16-year-old male with liver and gastrointestinal involvement.

