title: Gastric zygomycosis--an unusual cause of massive upper gastrointestinal bleed.
abstract: We report a 62-year-old man with cardiac failure and acute renal failure, who had massive hematemesis. Upper GI endoscopy showed a large gastric lesser curvature ulcer. Billroth II gastrectomy specimen showed fungal invasion. He received amphotericin B postoperatively, and recovered uneventfully.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India. satpalsinghvirk@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Satpal Singh
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Virk
authors.forename: Ravinder Pal
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Amanjit Singh
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Arora
authors.forename: Jagdev Singh
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Grewal
authors.forename: Harpreet
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Puri
mesh_terms: D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005743:Gastrectomy / Q000379:methods; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D005763:Gastroenterostomy; D005773:Gastroscopy / Q000379:methods; D006396:Hematemesis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011182:Postoperative Care; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013276:Stomach Ulcer / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D020096:Zygomycosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000666:Amphotericin B