Gastric mucormycosis: Diagnosis by imprint cytology.
The fungi in the order of Mucorales commonly target diabetics and other immunocompromised hosts, producing fatal respiratory and or CNS infections. Gastrointestinal mucormycosis is uncommon and seldom diagnosed in living patients due to nonspecific clinical manifestations. We report a case of gastric mucormycosis in an immmunocompetent male patient, diagnosed by imprint cytology-a rare site and a rare setting. To the best of our knowledge, this is only the second report of gastric mucormycosis being diagnosed on cytology. As the disease is rapidly progressive and often fatal, early diagnosis is critical to the patient survival. Imprint cytology or brush cytology is extremely useful for the rapid diagnosis of gastric mucormycosis as these organisms are morphologically distinct. Familiarity with the cytomorphology of these organisms assists in the correct diagnosis of this disease. Diagn. Cytopathol. 2016;44:820-822. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Department of Pathology, Superspeciality Hospital and Government Medical College, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India. tatheshilpa@gmail.Com.
Shilpa P
SP
Tathe
Department of Pathology, Superspeciality Hospital and Government Medical College, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.
Aarti A
AA
Dani
Department of Pathology, Superspeciality Hospital and Government Medical College, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.
Sanjay M
SM
Chawhan
Department of Pathology, Superspeciality Hospital and Government Medical College, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.
Saroj A
SA
Meshram
Department of Pathology, Superspeciality Hospital and Government Medical College, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.
Archana A
AA
Randale
Department of Pathology, Superspeciality Hospital and Government Medical College, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.
Waman K
WK
Raut
D006801:Humans; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D013272:Stomach Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*
gastric mucrmycosis; immunocompetent patient; imprint cytology; rapid diagnosis