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Cases Reports • Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop. 49 (06) • Nov-Dec 2016 • https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0172-2016   copy

Abdominal mucormycosis in a child: a case report

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Abstract

A 2-year-old Brazilian female child from the countryside in Bahia State presented with pain in the right flank of the abdomen, accompanied by a daily fever for about 2 weeks before admission. A large mass in the abdomen was resected by the surgical team. The biopsies revealed the mass was an intra-abdominal mucormycosis. However, the diagnosis was late, and despite treatment (amphotericin B) initiation, the patient eventually died.

Keywords:
Mucormycosis; Pediatric abdominal pain; Amphotericin B

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