Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Volume 19, Issue 3 , Pages 169-172, September 2007

Gastric Mucormycosis in an Alcoholic with Review of the Literature

  • Yu-Huai Ho

      Affiliations

    • Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Bor-Gang Wu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yan-Zhong Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Lih-Shinn Wang

      Affiliations

    • Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, 707, Section 3, Chung Yang Road, Hualien, Taiwan

Received 20 March 2007; received in revised form 26 March 2007; accepted 23 April 2007.

Abstract 

Mucormycosis is a rare disease with a high mortality rate. Common sites of mucormycosis include cerebral, pulmonary, gastrointestinal and disseminated lesions. We present the case of a 58-year-old woman with chronic alcoholism who was admitted to our intensive care unit with the initial presentation of abdominal pain. Colonic perforation was diagnosed upon surgical intervention. The patient soon developed upper gastrointestinal bleeding, and two masses at the body and antrum of the stomach were found on endoscopy. Pathological examination results showed invasive mucormycosis. The association of alcoholism and mucormycosis is emphasized in this case.

Keywords:  Alcoholism , Mucormycosis , Stomach

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PII: S1016-3190(10)60011-0

doi:10.1016/S1016-3190(10)60011-0

Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Volume 19, Issue 3 , Pages 169-172, September 2007

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