A case of pediatric gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis mimicking Crohn’s disease. A review of pediatric literature

Authors

• Hassan Y. Faqeehi, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
• Dayel A. Alshahrani, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
• Abdulrahman A. Al-Hussaini, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Abstract

Basidiobolomycosis is a rare fungal infection caused by basidiobolus ranarum. The vast majority of gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis cases were reported from tropical and subtropical regions. We report a Saudi pediatric patient with ileal basidiobolomycosis and initial clinical presentation mimicking acute appendicitis before being misdiagnosed as Crohn9s disease. Our case is the first to report effective treatment of pediatric gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis using voriconazole mono-therapy. In addition, we present extensive review of pediatric gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis in medical literature.

Article Type

Case Report

First Page

1068

Last Page

1072

Recommended Citation

Faqeehi, Hassan Y.; Alshahrani, Dayel A.; and Al-Hussaini, Abdulrahman A. (2013) "A case of pediatric gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis mimicking Crohn’s disease. A review of pediatric literature," Saudi Medical Journal: Vol. 34: Iss. 10, Article 14.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/1658-3175.5841