Gastric zygomycosis: Unusual cause of gastric perforation in an immunocompetent patient

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 449-450

  Garg, Pankaj Kumar ^a   Gupta, Nikhil ^a   Gautam, Vivek ^a   Hadke, Niladhar Shankarrao ^a  

^a LOK NAYAK HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B;

ADULT; BLOOD VESSEL; CASE REPORT; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTRECTOMY BILLROTH II; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LETTER; MICROSCOPY; MUCORMYCOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; STOMACH MUSCLE; STOMACH PERFORATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; GASTROSCOPY; HUMANS; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; STOMACH DISEASES; ZYGOMYCOSIS;

EID: 41949112501     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e318167bb31     Document Type: Letter

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