title: An unusual cause of acute anemia in an immunosuppressed patient.
abstract: Gastrointestinal mucormycosis is an uncommon, invasive, opportunistic fungal infection with a high mortality rate, seen more commonly in immunocompromised patients. This lethal infection has a wide range of presentations, from colonization of peptic ulcers to infiltrative disease and eventually vascular invasion. Here we present a case of upper gastrointestinal bleeding in an immunocompromised patient, which was proved to be secondary to gastric involvement by mucormycosis.
authors: Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA modarej@ccf.org.
authors: Jamak
authors: J
authors: Modaresi Esfeh
authors: Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
authors: Whitney
authors: W
authors: Jackson
authors: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA.
authors: Kianoush
authors: K
authors: Ansari-Gilani
authors: Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
authors: Brian
authors: B
authors: Putka
keywords: gastric mucormycosis; gastrointestinal bleeding