Gastric zygomycosis - An unusual cause of massive upper gastrointestinal bleed
| Author(s) : | Harpreet Puri Grewal Jagdev Arora Amanjit Singh Ravinder Virk Satpal, |
| Publisher : | N/A |
| Publication Date : | 2004 |
| ISSN : | N/A |
| Abstract : | We report a 62-year-old man with cardiac failure and acute renal failure, who had massive hematemesis. Upper GI endoscopy showed a large gastric lesser curvature ulcer. Billroth II gastrectomy specimen showed fungal invasion. He received amphotericin B postoperatively, and recovered uneventfully. , |