Gastrointestinal Basidiobolomycosis: An unusual fungal infection mimicking colon cancer

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 133, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1938-1942

  Nemenqani, Dalal ^a   Yaqoob, Nausheen ^a   Khoja, Hatem ^b   Al Saif, Osama ^c   Amra, Nasir K ^d   Amr, Samir S ^d  

^a KING ABDUL AZIZ SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING FAHAD SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^d ARAMCO Health Care Centre   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLON; COLON TUMOR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENTOMOPHTHORALES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; ZYGOMYCOSIS;

AGED; COLON; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENTOMOPHTHORALES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; YOUNG ADULT; ZYGOMYCOSIS;

EID: 73949112877     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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