title: Perforated appendicitis with gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis: a rare finding.
abstract: Background: Basidiobolomycosis is a rare fungal infection caused by the fungus Basidiobolus ranarum. Gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis (GIB) is an unusual presentation of the fungal infection that is reported sparsely in the literature, but is an emerging infection in the southwestern United States. Lack of awareness of GIB has resulted in its delayed diagnosis and in extensive morbidity and mortality in patients with GIB.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report and literature review.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report the rare case of a young female with GIB that presented as perforated appendicitis with abscess formation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although GIB is rare, immediate and aggressive therapy should be initiated when it is diagnosed. Both long-term medical and surgical treatment is required for its definitive management.
authors.affiliation: Division of Trauma, Critical Care, and Acute Care Surgery, University of Arizona , Tucson, Arizona.
authors.forename: Viraj
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pandit
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rhee
authors.forename: Hassan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Aziz
authors.forename: Qasim
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Jehangir
authors.forename: Randall S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Friese
authors.forename: Bellal
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Joseph
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D000328:Adult; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D020091:Entomophthorales / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D006801:Humans; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D015206:Southwestern United States; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D020096:Zygomycosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*