title: A case of gastric zygomycosis in a diabetic patient successfully treated with total gastrectomy.
abstract: Zygomycosis is regarded as a rare fetal infection in diabetics and other immunocompromised patients. The usual manifestations of this infection are: rhinosinusitis, pansinusitis, rhino-orbital and rhinocerebral. Primary gastrointestinal (GI) zygomycosis is a rare disease with a high mortality rate. The stomach is the most common site involved in GI mucormycosis. There are few reported cases of GI zygomycosis in the literature. Here we report a case of a diabetic woman with abdominal pain secondary to gastric zygomycosis that successfully responded to surgical treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Paydar
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
authors.forename: Sr
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Baezzat
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fazelzadeh
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Geramizadeh
keywords: Diabetes; Gastrectomy; Zygomycosis